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ondary effect of starting points or limits of ranges), but an increase or decrease in number or disparity of species within a clade.

The structural principle may be more important than the functional consequence. The perceived change may record the altered variation. If reversal -- rather than simple modification -- of perspective often holds the key to new insight, I would suggest an inversion of the first prescription that humans ever received: multiply and be fruitful.

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