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“So far, we have been able to study only one evolving system and we cannot wait for interstellar flight to provide us with a second. If we want to discover generalizations about evolving systems, we will have to look at artificial ones.”

Quote by John Maynard Smith

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John Maynard Smith

John Maynard Smith, born on January 6, 1920 and died on April 19, 2004, was a distinguished geneticist from the United Kingdom. His contributions to evolutionary biology, particularly in the fields of natural selection and genetic diversity, have had a profound impact on modern biology. more

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