Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the th…

Richard Dawkins
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Today the theory of evolution is about as much open to doubt as the theory that the earth goes round the sun. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2006). The Selfish Gene: 30th Anniversary edition, p.30, OUP Oxford
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