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denee for this (for the celebrated Archaeopteryx, despite reptile-likc tail and teeth, was, like all fossil birds, essentially a bird) and by the “patent fact of fixed forms which show no signs of transformation” scientists now are retreating from the general post-Darwinian belief in slow evolution to theories of sudden and great mutations, which were indeed suggested as a possible answer to the mystery of the origin of species by Mivart and Geoffroy de St. Hilaire over 80 years ago. This solution, however, appears unsatisfactory for various biological and biochemical reasons, and the problem may well remain insoluble.Mr. McKellar thinks that birds made their debut simply as birds, fullv formed for the life that was
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Melbourne Advocate
Melbourne, Victoria, AU
Thu, Apr 30, 1953
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