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    When you were a tadpole, and I was a fish,
    In the Palaeozoic time,
    And side by side in the sluggish tide
    We sprawled in the ooze and slime.

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Pouter, tumbler, and fantail are from the same source;
The racer and hack may be traced to one Horse;
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Pouter, tumbler, and fantail are from the same source;
The racer and hack may be traced to one Horse;
So men were developed from monkeys of course,
Which nobody can deny.

by Lord Charles Neaves Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at read more

Creationist critics often charge that evolution cannot be tested, and therefore cannot be viewed as a properly scientific subject at all. This claim is rhetorical nonsense.

by Stephen Jay Gould Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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I have called this principle, by which, each slight variation, if
useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural read more

I have called this principle, by which, each slight variation, if
useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection.

by Charles R. Darwin Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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There was an ape in the days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair became curlier;
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There was an ape in the days that were earlier,
Centuries passed and his hair became curlier;
Centuries more gave a thumb to his wrist--
Then he was a Man and a Positivist.

by Mortimer Collins Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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A fire-mist and a planet,
A crystal and a cell,
A jellyfish and a saurian,
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A fire-mist and a planet,
A crystal and a cell,
A jellyfish and a saurian,
And caves where the cavemen dwell;
Then a sense of law and beauty,
And a face turned from the clod--
Some call it Evolution,
And others call it God.

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The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival
of the Fittest is more accurate, and is read more

The expression often used by Mr. Herbert Spencer of the Survival
of the Fittest is more accurate, and is sometimes equally
convenient.

by Charles R. Darwin Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent
homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

Civilization is a progress from an indefinite, incoherent
homogeneity toward a definite, coherent heterogeneity.

by Herbert Spencer Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.

While the rest of the species is descended from apes, redheads are descended from cats.

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Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And read more

Most species do their own evolving, making it up as they go along, which is the way Nature intended. And this is all very natural and organic and in tune with mysterious cycles of the cosmos, which believes that there’s nothing like millions of years of really frustrating trial and error to give a species moral fiber and, in some cases, backbone.

by Terry Pratchett Found in: Evolution Quotes,
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