He is a state of matter, a form of life, a sort of animal, and a species of the Order Primates, akin nearly or remotely to all of life and indeed to all that is material.
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Such gradual transformation is also fairly well exemplified for subfamilies and occasionally for families, as the groups are commonly ranked.George G. Simpson
Recognition of this kinship with the rest of the universe is necessary for understanding him, but his essential nature is defined by qualities found nowhere else, not by those he has in common with apes, fishes, trees, fire, or anything other than himself.
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Of course the orders all converge backward in time, to different degrees.
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Among the examples are many in which, beyond the slightest doubt, a species or genus has been gradually transformed into another.
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Man is the result of a purposeless and materialistic process that did not have him in mind. He was not planned.
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