I don't think it had ever occurred to me that man's supremacy is not primarily due to his brain, as most of the books would have one think. It is due to the brain's capacity to make use of the information conveyed to it by a narrow band of visible light rays. His civilization, all that he had achieved or might achieve, hung upon his ability to perceive that range of vibrations from red to violet. Without that, he was lost. . John Wyndham
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This is a quote from Darwin's On The Origin of the Species. In the quote, he is describing how he believes that human beings could still evolve through natural selection and evolution.

Source: The Day Of The Triffids

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