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02/15/2022 “Daily Quote”   Leave a comment

“Of the few innocent pleasures left to men past middle life, the jamming of common sense down the throats of fools is perhaps the keenness.”

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Thomas Henry HuxleyĀ (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an EnglishĀ biologistĀ andĀ anthropologistĀ specializing inĀ comparative anatomy. He has become known as “Darwin’s Bulldog” for his advocacy ofĀ Charles Darwin’s theory ofĀ evolution. After comparingĀ ArchaeopteryxĀ withĀ Compsognathus, he concluded thatĀ birdsĀ evolved from small carnivorousĀ dinosaurs, a theory widely accepted today.