Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than …

Stephen Jay Gould
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Charles Darwin viewed the fossil record more as an embarrassment than as an aid to his theory.
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Transitional forms are generally lacking at the species level, but they are abundant between larger groups. ✨ Stephen Jay Gould (2010). Hen's Teeth and Horse's Toes: Further Reflections in Natural Hi … ▶
The more important the subject and the closer it cuts to the bone of our hopes and needs, the more we are likely to err in establishing a framework for analysis. ✨ Stephen Jay Gould (1996). Life's Gr … ▶
'Creation science' has not entered the curriculum for a reason so simple and so basic that we often forget to mention it: because it is false, and because good teachers understand exactly why it is f … ▶
We are the accidental result of an unplanned process ... the fragile result of an enormous concatenation of improbabilities, not the predictable product of any definite process.
Look in the mirror, and don't be tempted to equate transient domination with either intrinsic superiority or prospects for extended survival. ✨ Stephen Jay Gould (2011). Full House, p.73, Harvard Uni … ▶

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