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Animals descend from at most four or five ancestors, and analogy hints at one ancestor for all life, though analogy may mislead
Drawn from what Charles Darwin said
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- Charles Darwin British naturalist (1809 to 1882), born in Shrewsbury
I believe that animals have descended from at most only four or five progenitors, and plants from an equal or lesser number. Analogy would lead me one step further, namely, to the belief that all animals and plants have descended from some one prototype. But analogy may be a deceitful guide.
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↗On the Origin of Species (first edition, 1859)gutenberg.org
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