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Biology can be divided into the study of proximate causes, the study of the physiological sciences (broadly conceived), and into the study…
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It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.
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All interpretations made by a scientist are hypotheses, and all hypotheses are tentative. They must forever be tested and they must be…
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I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God.
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On the other hand, famous evolutionists such as Dobzhansky were firm believers in a personal God. He would work as a scientist…
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Evolution ... is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.
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A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature.
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There are a number of attributes of species and populations that are not of any particular selective advantage to any single individual…
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Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population genetics, and…
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Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if he ignores…
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According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one…
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Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object transformed, as…
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I had several different bosses during the early years of 'Dilbert.' They were all pretty sure I was mocking someone else.
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I'm a great believer that the most important years are the sort of early years but the preschool years and then into…
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When I was able to go to school in my early years, my third grade teacher, Ms. Harris, convinced me that one…
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How so many absurd rules of conduct, as well as so many absurd religious beliefs, have originated, we do not know; nor…
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But the truth is I wanted to have my daughter for so long. It's not the kind of thing you can visit,…
— Helen Hunt
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In the early years, you fight because you don't understand each other. In the later years, you fight because you do.
— Joan Didion
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Experts tell us that 90% of all brain development occurs by the age of five. If we don't begin thinking about education…
— Bob Ehrlich
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Prepare yourselves mentally. A mission requires a great deal of mental preparation. You must memorize missionary discussions, memorize scriptures, and oftentimes learn…
— Ezra Taft Benson
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My parents came to the United States in the early years of this century as part of a wave of Russian Jewish…
— Daniel Nathans
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While we are born with curiosity and wonder and our early years full of the adventure they bring, I know such inherent…
— Sigurd F. Olson
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How you handle peer pressure - the pressure your children feel as well as the pressure you feel - in the early…
— Kevin Leman
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During my early years at Minnesota I conducted an evening enzyme seminar.
— Paul D. Boyer
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