Quammen, David Quotes

The Dodo Itself Stands As The Best Emblem Of This General Truth - That Insular Evolution Often Involves Transforming An Adventurous, High-flying Ancestor Species Into A Grounded Descendant, No Longer Capable Of Going Anywhere But Extinct. It's Our Reminder That Insular Evolution, For All Its Wondrousness, Tends To Be A One-way Tunnel Toward Doom.

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