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Darwin was strongly influ- finally emerged as the greatest
enced by this concept and even deception in the history of sci-
constructed his theory on its ence.
principal logic. In several pla-
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Century, Loren Eiseley
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Therefore, Darwin did not propose
any new scientific theory. He merely
restated a superstition whose roots lay in
ancient Sumerian pagan myths and
which developed fully within ancient
Greek pagan beliefs. He employed con-
temporary scientific terminology and a
few distorted observations, and further
enriched it with a number of additions
made by some scientists who lived in the
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acquired a scientific appearance in Dar-
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