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The Fable of the Keys*
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I write as neither a creationist nor a Darwinist, but as one who knows what is probably the most disreputable scientific secret of the past century: There is no plausible scientific theory of the origin of species! Darwin himself was not sure he had produced one, and for many decades every competent evolutionary biologist has known that he did not. Although the experts have kept quiet when true...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Business History Review
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0007-6805,2044-768X
DOI: 10.1017/s0007680500002191