![]() ![]() But the fact that some species failed was hardly given a second thought. How species adapted was intensely studied and fiercely debated. Extinction was simply proof of failure to adapt. On the contrary, extinction was generally considered as unremarkable as a car running out of gas. And after Darwin, the many controversies that swirled around his theory did not often concern issues of extinction. Thus the fact of extinction had been accepted by scientists for nearly three-quarters of a century before Darwin put forth his theory of evolution. It is hardly a new subject - Baron Georges Cuvier had first demonstrated that species became extinct back in 1786, not long after the American Revolution. ![]() The late twentieth century has witnessed a remarkable growth in scientific interest in the subject of extinction. Complex controllable behavior seems precluded." "Deep in the chaotic regime, slight changes in structure almost always cause vast changes in behavior. ![]() "What really interests me is whether God had any choice in the creation of the world." ![]()
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