If it [theory of evolution] had not existed, the paleontologist would have had to invent it.


Collected Essays (Volume 4), The Rise and Progress of Paleontology (p. 44)


If it [theory of evolution] had not existed, the paleontologist would have had to invent it.

If it [theory of evolution] had not existed, the paleontologist would have had to invent it.

If it [theory of evolution] had not existed, the paleontologist would have had to invent it.

If it [theory of evolution] had not existed, the paleontologist would have had to invent it.