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THE only great generalisation which has so far come from zoological studies is that of evolution—the conception that the whole variety of animal life, and the system of inter-relationships which exists between animals and their environment, both living and non-living, have arisen by gradual change from simpler or, at any rate, different conditions.
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WATSON, D. Adaptation1. Nature 124, 231–234 (1929). https://doi.org/10.1038/124231a0
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