The most basic facts in biology are that this earth is now two thousand million years old, and that the biologist studies mostly that which exists today. (W. Ross Ashby)

The most basic facts in biology are that this earth is now two thousand million years old, and that the biologist studies mostly that which exists today.

W. Ross Ashby

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