"Molecular evidense suggests that our common ancestor with……" — Richard Dawkins
"Molecular evidense suggests that our common ancestor with the chimpanzees lived, in Africa, between 5 and 7 million years ago, say half a million generations ago. This is not long by evolutionary standards."
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530 Quotes by Richard Dawkins
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