Man is a transitional animal. He is not the climax of creation ✨ Carl …

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Man is a transitional animal. He is not the climax of creation ✨ Carl Sagan (1973). Carl Sagan's Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective, p.5, Cambridge University Press
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