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Specialisation paralyses, ultra-specialisation kills. Palaeontology is littered with such catastrophes.

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

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Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Age: 73 †
Born: 1881
Born: May 1
Died: 1955
Died: April 10
Catholic Priest
Geologist
Paleoanthropologist
Paleontologist
Philosopher
Scientific Collector
Theology
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P. Teilhard de Chardin
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