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... prediction in almost every important detail . Another kind of prediction that taxonomists can make on the basis of logical deduction is that certain kinds of characteristics , not yet examined , should fit a phylogenetic tree . Such ...
... prediction in almost every important detail . Another kind of prediction that taxonomists can make on the basis of logical deduction is that certain kinds of characteristics , not yet examined , should fit a phylogenetic tree . Such ...
Page 134
... predictions ; that is , events will seem less random . Knowing some of the causes of an event is a good way of improving prediction . Thus if asbestos is known to be a cause of skin cancer , our ability to predict whether someone will ...
... predictions ; that is , events will seem less random . Knowing some of the causes of an event is a good way of improving prediction . Thus if asbestos is known to be a cause of skin cancer , our ability to predict whether someone will ...
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... predictions whatever : species may be well adapted or not , have useful or useless organs , and we are left ascribing them to the inscrutable acts of an inscrutable God . We are left without hope of explanation or understanding ; and ...
... predictions whatever : species may be well adapted or not , have useful or useless organs , and we are left ascribing them to the inscrutable acts of an inscrutable God . We are left without hope of explanation or understanding ; and ...
Contents
THE GROWTH OF EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE | 23 |
THE LEGACY OF THE TAXONOMISTS | 44 |
THE FOSSIL RECORD | 68 |
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