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“ All living beings, not just animals, but plants and microorganisms, perceive. To survive, an organic being must perceive - it must seek, or at least recognize, food and avoid environmental danger. ”

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Evolution is no linear family tree, but change in the single multidimensional being that has grown to cover the entire surface of Earth.

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Life did not take over the world by combat,but by networking.

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Natural selection eliminates and maybe maintains, but it doesn't create... Neo-Darwinists say that new species emerge when mutations occur and modify an organism. I was taught over and over again that the accumulation of random mutations led to evolutionary change [which] led to new species. I believed it until I looked for evidence.

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New mutations don't create new species, they create offspring that are impaired.

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