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...terms were introduced into the English languages deme. taxon (1950) and cline (1939) became the property of evolutionists. It was a time when Lamarckianism--the belief that acquired traits could be passed on to offspring--was finally discarded. It was a time when experimental biology replaced descriptive biology as the status science. It was a time when the study of anatomy, morphology, ecology was dropped from college curricula because it was not experimental enough, and evolutionary biology almost died here at Harvard. It was, finally, the last chapter of the Darwinian Revolution...

Author: By Michael Stein, | Title: The Ongoing Evolutionary Synthesis | 4/15/1981 | See Source »

...Unlike the new 30% taxon nightclubs, the 20% tax on theater tickets has hurt business very little...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Theater: The Late Unlamented | 5/29/1944 | See Source »

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