George Gaylord Simpson quote

Certainly paleontologists have found samples of an extremely small fraction, only, of the earth's extinct species, and even for groups that are most readily preserved and found as fossils they can never expect to find more than a fraction.
George Gaylord Simpson
George Gaylord Simpson
Born: Jun 16, 1902
Died: Oct 6, 1984

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