I can envision observations and experiments that would disprove any ev…

Stephen Jay Gould
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I can envision observations and experiments that would disprove any evolutionary theory I know. ✨ Stephen Jay Gould (2010). Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History, p.256, W. W. Norton & Company
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I can envision observations and experiments that would disprove any evolutionary theory I know. ✨ Stephen Jay Gould (2010). Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural History, p.256, W. W. Norton & Company

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