DARK AGES. “Our best guess is that there are 10 million living species, more or less, excluding the single-celled bacteria and Archaea. Of these, fewer than two million are known to science. And of documented species, most are known by little more than a few diagnostic features and a name.” Characteristically, and sadly, this perspective omits to even mention of the most numerous and diverse group of creatures on Planet Earth, namely, viruses.
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022