Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they a…

E. O. Wilson
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Real biologists who actually do the research will tell you that they almost never find a phenomenon, no matter how odd or irrelevant it looks when they first see it, that doesn't prove to serve a function. The outcome itself may be due to small accidents of evolution. ✨ E.O. Wilson Is on Top of the World. Interview with Jill Neimark, www.psychologytoday.com. September 1, 1998.
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