Origin of Vision discovered


	Origin of Vision discovered

Oortcloud

10-22-2007 3:32 AM

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origin, vision, sight, eyes, biology, evolution

Oortcloud says:

Very cool stuff.

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10-22-2007 8:53 AM

debbyski

Wowo.

10-22-2007 10:21 AM

invictus

Very interesting stuff. Thanks Oortcloud.

10-22-2007 7:23 PM

Fucc Copyrights

cool!

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