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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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Of course, the plea for respect for nonhuman life goes far beyond the scientific delight of familiarity with our planet mates. The nonhuman forms of life with which we 6,000 million talking, upright apes share this finite planet are directly or indirectly connected to our well-being.

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