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Richard Dawkins

June 25th, 2013 1:00 PM

This prominent evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist coined the word "meme" as a way to illustrate how Darwinian principles could extend beyond the realm of biological material in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene.

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Richard Dawkins

Richard Dawkins

June 25th, 2013 1:00 PM

This prominent evolutionary biologist and outspoken atheist coined the word "meme" as a way to illustrate how Darwinian principles could extend beyond the realm of biological material in his 1976 book The Selfish Gene.

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