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From: Mark Isaak <specimenNOSPAM@curioustaxon.omy.net>
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Subject: Re: Modeling the origins of life: New evidence for an 'RNA World'
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On 3/11/24 12:24 PM, Richmond wrote:
> >[...]
> Darwin didn't know about genes, but then his book was published before
> Mendel, so you can't really blame him for that. As for rejecting
> evolution, well the last line in 'The Origin of Species' is:
> 
> ", from so simple a beginning endless forms most beautiful and most wonderful have been, and are being, evolved."
> 
> I demand accuracy.

As I recall, Darwin published _Origin of Species_ after Mendel's work 
with genes, but well before Mendel's work became widely known.

-- 
Mark Isaak
"Wisdom begins when you discover the difference between 'That
doesn't make sense' and 'I don't understand.'" - Mary Doria Russell