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The Evolution of Life on the Earth
The Evolution of Life on the Earth
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Stephen Jay Gould
Stephen Jay Gould
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1 October 1994
journal article
review article
Published by
Springer Nature
in
Scientific American
Vol. 271
(4)
,
84-91
https://doi.org/10.1038/scientificamerican1094-84
Abstract
The history of life is not necessarily progressive; it is certainly not predictable. The earth's creatures have evolved through a series of contingent and fortuitous events.
Keywords
CONTINGENT
HISTORY
EVOLUTION OF LIFE
FORTUITOUS EVENTS
EARTH'S CREATURES
NECESSARILY PROGRESSIVE
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