Stephen Jay Gould Quote

Odd arrangements and funny solutions are the proof of evolution — paths that a sensible God would never tread but that a natural process, constrained by history, follows perforce.


The Panda's Thumb: More Reflections in Natural History, Chapter 1 (pp. 20-21), W.W. Norton & Company, Inc. 1980


Odd arrangements and funny solutions are the proof of evolution — paths that a sensible God would never tread but that a natural process,...

Odd arrangements and funny solutions are the proof of evolution — paths that a sensible God would never tread but that a natural process,...

Odd arrangements and funny solutions are the proof of evolution — paths that a sensible God would never tread but that a natural process,...

Odd arrangements and funny solutions are the proof of evolution — paths that a sensible God would never tread but that a natural process,...