Medicine and Biology
- Paleoanthropology, the study of human origin
- Origin of humanity, the study of human evolution
- Origin (anatomy), the place or point at which a part or structure arises
- Origin of replication, the location at which DNA replication is initiated
- The Origin of Species, Charles Darwin's 1859 book
- Pedigree (dog), registered ancestry
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“God isn’t compatible with machinery and scientific medicine and universal happiness. You must make your choice. Our civilization has chosen machinery and medicine and happiness.”
—Aldous Huxley (1894–1963)
“We gave ‘em wings to fly and they rained death on us. We gave ‘em a voice to be heard around the world and they preach hatred to poison the minds of nations. Even the medicine we gave them to ease their pain is turned into a vice to enslave half mankind for the profit of a few. Ah, Janet, dear, don’t you see? Every gift that science has given them has been twisted into a thing of hate and greed.”
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