The leading anatomist in the mid-1800s, who gathered and classified thousands of animal specimens from Africa, contributed to the discovery of fossils in England, and pioneered the field of comparative anatomy with his study of exotic creatures. Owen saw the essential similarity of animal limbs as a sign of Divine Order in creation.
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Some fish, then, had structures like those in a limb. Owen's archetype was not a divine and eternal part of all life. It had a history, and that history was to be found in Devonian age rocks…
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Sir Richard Owen Quotes in Your Inner Fish
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Chapter 2
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Some fish, then, had structures like those in a limb. Owen's archetype was not a divine and eternal part of all life. It had a history, and that history was to be found in Devonian age rocks…
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