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Thu 02 Feb 2009How survival of the fittest idea fuelled Nazi ideology
UNDER THE MICROSCOPE:LAST WEEK I described the theory of evolution through natural selection. This theory has had more effect on the science of biology and on the way humanity views itself than any other scientific theory. The theory has sometimes been misinterpreted in a social context and this has contributed to some of the worst atrocities ever perpetrated by human-kind.
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