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Science is often associated with complicated instruments and questions so specialized that a PhD is required even to become interested. (P. 31)

— David Sloan Wilson A Life Informed by Evolution (2022)

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Around this world and to this very day, among experts and novices alike, say the word “evolution” and most people hear the word “genes.” (P. 19)

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