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> [The once rather old-fashioned science of paleontology finds itself in a maelstrom of excitement and controversy. Astrophysicists, atmospheric scientists, geochemists, geophysicists, and statisticians are all contributing to the extinction problem. And the general public is taking part through television talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/the-once-rather-old-fashioned-science-of-paleontology-finds-itself-in/)

[David M. Raup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-m-raup/)

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## More by David M. Raup

> [There are about 250,000 different species of fossil plants and animals known . . In spite of this large quantity of information, it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/there-are-about-250-000-different-species-of-fossil-plants-and/)

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> [ I doubt if there is any single individual within the scientific community who could cope with the full range of \[creationist\] arguments without the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/i-doubt-if-there-is-any-single-individual-within-the-scientific/)

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> [It has been argued that dinosaurs did not die out, but just evolved wings and flew away. At a certain level, this reasoning is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/it-has-been-argued-that-dinosaurs-did-not-die-out-but-just-evolved/)

[David M. Raup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-m-raup/)

> [Ironically, we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transitions than we had in Darwin's time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/ironically-we-have-even-fewer-examples-of-evolutionary-transitions/)

[David M. Raup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-m-raup/)

> [ In the beginning, there were bacteria… \[A\] nearly universal assumption is that all subsequent life descended from the original life form through a continuous… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/in-the-beginning-there-were-bacteria-a-nearly-universal-assumption-is/)

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> [Now let me step back from the problem and very generally discuss natural selection and what we know about it. I think it is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/now-let-me-step-back-from-the-problem-and-very-generally-discuss/)

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> [Perhaps the only thing that saves science from invalid conventional wisdom that becomes effectively permanent is the presence of mavericks in every generation -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/perhaps-the-only-thing-that-saves-science-from-invalid-conventional/)

[David M. Raup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-m-raup/)

> [We now have a quarter of a million fossil species, but the situation hasn't changed much... We have even fewer examples of evolutionary transition…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/we-now-have-a-quarter-of-a-million-fossil-species-but-the-situation/)

[David M. Raup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-m-raup/)

> [The once rather old-fashioned science of paleontology finds itself in a maelstrom of excitement and controversy. Astrophysicists, atmospheric scientists, geochemists, geophysicists, and statisticians are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/the-once-rather-old-fashioned-science-of-paleontology-finds-itself-in/)

[David M. Raup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-m-raup/)

> [A large number of well-trained scientists outside of evolutionary biology and paleontology have unfortunately gotten the idea that the fossil record is far more…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/a-large-number-of-well-trained-scientists-outside-of-evolutionary/)

[David M. Raup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-m-raup/)

> [250,000 species of plants and animals recorded and deposited in museums throughout the world did not support the gradual unfolding hoped for by Darwin.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/250-000-species-of-plants-and-animals-recorded-and-deposited-in/)

[David M. Raup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-m-raup/)

> [The charge that the construction of the geologic scale involves circularity has a certain amount of validity. ...Thus, the procedure is far from ideal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/the-charge-that-the-construction-of-the-geologic-scale-involves/)

[David M. Raup](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-m-raup/)

> [A new theory is guilty until proven innocent, and the pre-existing theory innocent until proven guilty ... Continental drift was guilty until proven innocent.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/a-new-theory-is-guilty-until-proven-innocent-and-the-pre-existing/)

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> [There are millions of different species of animals and plants on earth--possibly as many as forty million. But somewhere between five and fifty BILLION…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-raup/there-are-millions-of-different-species-of-animals-and-plants-on/)

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