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> [“The earliest form of natural selection was simply a selection of stable forms and a rejection of unstable ones. There is no mystery about this. It had to happen by definition.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/the-earliest-form-of-natural-selection-was-simply-a-selection-of/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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> [“If a group of atoms in the presence of energy falls into a stable pattern it will tend to stay that way. The earliest form of natural selection was simply a selection of stable forms and a rejection of unstable…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-dawkins/if-a-group-of-atoms-in-the-presence-of-energy-falls-into-a-stable/)

[Richard Dawkins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-dawkins/)

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