Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned …

Richard Dawkins
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Evolution could so easily be disproved if just a single fossil turned up in the wrong date order. Evolution has passed this test with flying colours. ✨ Richard Dawkins (2009). The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution, p.147, Simon and Schuster
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