It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency…

Thomas Huxley
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It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodeling of the organism in adaptation to new conditions; but it depends on the nature of those conditions whether the direction of the modifications effected shall be upward or downward. ✨ Thomas Henry Huxley (2004). Evolution And Ethics, p.247, 1st World Publishing
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