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Samuel Williston - 19th Century paleontologist

“The course of evolution has been to reduce the number of parts and to adapt those which remain more closely with their special uses, either by an increase in size or by modifications of their shape and structure.”

SAMUEL WILLISTON - 19TH CENTURY PALEONTOLOGIST

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