Martin Rees - The stupendous time spans of the evolutionary past are now part of common culture (tho...

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The stupendous time spans of the evolutionary past are now part of common culture (though maybe not in the United States Bible Belt, nor in parts of the Islamic world). Most people are at ease with the idea that our present biosphere is the outcome of four billion years of Darwinian evolution.

Martin Rees

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Die erstaunliche Zeitspanne der evolutionären Vergangenheit ist heute Teil der gemeinsamen Kultur (wenn auch vielleicht nicht im US-amerikanischen Bibelgürtel oder in Teilen der islamischen Welt). Die meisten Menschen sind mit der Vorstellung zufrieden, dass unsere heutige Biosphäre das Ergebnis von vier Milliarden Jahren darwinistischer Evolution ist.

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