So in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the lite…

E. O. Wilson
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So in my freshman year at the University of Alabama, learning the literature on evolution, what was known about it biologically, just gradually transformed me by taking me out of literalism and increasingly into a more secular, scientific view of the world. ✨ Transcript of the complete E.O. Wilson interview. blog.cleveland.com. March 01, 2009.
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