Peter MedawarThe alternative to thinking in evolutionary terms is not to think at all.
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The alternative to thinking in evolutionary terms is not to think at all. Darwin discovered evolution and thought that we humans had evolved from apes, but history has proven him wrong. He was wrong because we humans did not originate from ape-like creatures. We did not evolve from other apes. He was wrong because we were created by our creator and we will survive death.
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