There were other ways for primates to live, other kinds of societies that could be imagined. But once the pattern had been set, it was all but impossible to break. (Stephen Baxter)

There were other ways for primates to live, other kinds of societies that could be imagined. But once the pattern had been set, it was all but impossible to break.

Stephen Baxter

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