“We shall therefore take an appropriately correct view of the origin of our life, if we consider our own embryos to have sprung immediately from those embryos whence our parents were developed, and these from the embryos of their parents, and so on for ever. We should in this way look on the nature of mankind, and perhaps on that of the whole animated creation, as one Continuous System, ever pushing out new branches in all directions, that variously interlace, and that bud into separate lives at every point of interlacement.”
Quote by Francis Galton
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Francis Galton
Francis Galton was a British polymath known for his work in statistics, anthropology, eugenics, and psychology. He was the half-cousin of Charles Darwin and is often credited with coining the term 'eugenics'. Galton's contributions to the field of statistics include the development of regression analysis and the application of correlation. He also conducted extensive research on heredity and intelligence, which influenced later theories in these areas. more
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