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I am a scientist and I work with things* that have 'lived' billions of years and 'evolve' very slowly so the misconceptions about *quick* evolution I have are there because I'm human, and human time-scales are very very short. Boy I need to go read a good book about evolution, any suggestions?
I am in the middle of reading an excellent book by Richard Dawkins called "The Ancestor's Tale {A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Life} and it is fascinating. He documents the evidence showing the individual stories of our evolutionary ancestry down through the ages into deep time. Along the way he dispenses insight that is not normally revealed in lesser discussions of evolution and so I highly recommend your purchasing a volume for yourself. Let me know what you think of it.
" Life is not a journey to the grave with the intention to arrive safely in a pretty and well-preserved body but rather to skid in broadside, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming: Wow!!What a ride!"
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What delightful hosts they are-Love and Laughter!
Lingeringly I turn away at this late hour,yet glad
They have not withheld from me their high hospitality.
So at the door I pause to press their hands once more
And say,"So fine a time!Thank you both...and goodbye.
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