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  • noun Plural form of drosopholid.

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  • Anti-evolutionists might perhaps suggest an alternative hypothesis: in a fit of absentmindedness, the Creator went on manufacturing more and more drosophilid species for Hawaii, until there was an extravagant surfeit of them in this archipelago. (p. Dobzhansky's theological claim #8: It is nonsenical to impute the creation of Hawaiian drosopholids to God.

    Evolution News & Views 2009

  • Anti-evolutionists might perhaps suggest an alternative hypothesis: in a fit of absentmindedness, the Creator went on manufacturing more and more drosophilid species for Hawaii, until there was an extravagant surfeit of them in this archipelago. (p. Dobzhansky's theological claim #8: It is nonsenical to impute the creation of Hawaiian drosopholids to God.

    Evolution News & Views 2009

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