The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change
The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change
www.theguardian.com The French aristocrat who understood evolution 100 years before Darwin – and even worried about climate change
Georges-Louis Leclerc proposed species change and extinction back in the 1740s, a new book reveals
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What a fascinating guy! He really was ahead of the curve. A pity his contemporaries repressed him so much.
Makes you wonder if there's anyone we're doing this to right now. Also the guy was a bourguignon so that's extra points in my book.
Bound to be, science history has many of these figures.
We eat a lot of yogurt.
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