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An international team of biologists is working to expand Darwin's theory of evolution to encompass factors that influence a species' growth and development beyond genetics -- as well as to consider ...

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This is in response to the article about a car show serving as a “metaphor for evolution” (Page 1A, Sept. 27). While I appreciated the teacher’s creativity to stimulate his students’ interest in ...