The equation of evolution with progress represents our strongest cultu…

Stephen Jay Gould
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The equation of evolution with progress represents our strongest cultural impediment to a proper understanding of this greatest biological revolution in the history of human thought. ✨ Stephen Jay Gould (2011). Leonardo's Mountain of Clams and the Diet of Worms, p.173, Harvard University Press
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