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Listing characteristics that distinguish one species from another has the effect of making it appear that the species and their distinctive attributes are fixed and eternal. We must always keep in mind that they were brought about by evolutionary processes that operated not merely at some time in the distant past, but which continue to operate in the present and can be expected to give rise to new forms in the future. Species are always changing.

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