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> [It's impossible by micro-mutation to form any new species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-goldschmidt/it-s-impossible-by-micro-mutation-to-form-any-new-species/)

[Richard Goldschmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-goldschmidt/)

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## More by Richard Goldschmidt

> [ The facts of microevolution \[change within the species\] do not suffice for an understanding of macroevolution \[theorized change from one species to another\]. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-goldschmidt/the-facts-of-microevolution-change-within-the-species-do-not-suffice/)

[Richard Goldschmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-goldschmidt/)

> [I have accumulated a wealth of knowledge in innumerable spheres and enjoyed it as an always ready instrument for exercising the mind and penetrating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-goldschmidt/i-have-accumulated-a-wealth-of-knowledge-in-innumerable-spheres-and/)

[Richard Goldschmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-goldschmidt/)

> [It is good to keep in mind ... that nobody has ever succeeded in producing even one new species by the accumulation of micromutations.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-goldschmidt/it-is-good-to-keep-in-mind-that-nobody-has-ever-succeeded-in/)

[Richard Goldschmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-goldschmidt/)

> [It's impossible by micro-mutation to form any new species.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-goldschmidt/it-s-impossible-by-micro-mutation-to-form-any-new-species/)

[Richard Goldschmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-goldschmidt/)

> [The decisive step in evolution, the first step toward macroevolution, the step from one species to another, requires another evolutionary method than that of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-goldschmidt/the-decisive-step-in-evolution-the-first-step-toward-macroevolution/)

[Richard Goldschmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-goldschmidt/)

> [We have long been seeking a different kind of evolutionary process and have now found one; namely, the change within the pattern of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-goldschmidt/we-have-long-been-seeking-a-different-kind-of-evolutionary-process/)

[Richard Goldschmidt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-goldschmidt/)

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