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Can you talk about the idea of de-evolution, having this whole ethos and mythology behind the band itself?

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 21, 2024

The narrator relates the de-evolution of her partner as he goes from man, to ape, to eventually a salamander.

From Washington Post • Mar. 4, 2022

“Planet” is the cruder science-fiction freak-out, but its vision of human de-evolution retains extraordinary power.

From New York Times • May 17, 2018

There's no use dreading the de-evolution anymore; it's already happening.

From Salon • Aug. 1, 2011

Looking at everything that was going on in the world around us, we came to the conclusion that what we were observing was not evolution, but it was de-evolution.

From Time • Jun. 23, 2010