A Quote by George Gaylord Simpson

...the argument from absence of transitional types boils down to the striking fact that such types are always lacking unless they have been found.

George Gaylord Simpson

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George Gaylord Simpson
American - Scientist
June 16, 1902 - October 6, 1984

Still, our creationist incubi, who would never let facts spoil a favorite argument, refuse to yield, and continue to assert the absence of all transitional forms by ignoring those that have been found, and continuing to taunt us with admittedly frequent examples of absence.

Stephen Jay Gould

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Beatrice Warde

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Dee Rees

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Princess Nokia

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Adwoa Aboah

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Alfred Molina

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Charlie Puth

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Kevin Feige

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Matthew Barney

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Sibel Edmonds

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Feng Zhang

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Kirstin Maldonado

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Rush Limbaugh

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