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			Where can the origin of hybrids be found? In the history of the Western world, nature before modern times was described under the anthropomorphic belief that it was the creation of gods. During that time, everything was given a vertical hierarchy based on the degree of purity, symbolizing the gods' light, and to maintain an unshakable belief in the light, a binary thought process that clearly categorized things other than purity was necessary. As a result, in ancient and medieval natural histories, imaginary creatures appeared as colossal mutations, crossbreeds, impure hybrids, etc., serving as allegories of negativity at the lowest level of order.

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