Pierre-Paul Grasse

(1895–1985) Botanist

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Pierre-Paul Grasse was a botanist, best known for Larousse animal portraits.

Quick Facts About Pierre-Paul Grasse

Born: November 27, 1895
Died: July 9, 1985
Profession: Botanist
Notable works: Larousse animal portraits

About Pierre-Paul Grasse

Pierre-Paul Grassé was a French zoologist, writer of over 300 publications including the influential 52-volume Traité de Zoologie. He was an expert on termites who rejected Neo-Darwinism and was a proponent of Neo-Lamarckism.

Biography source: Wikipedia

Quotes by Pierre-Paul Grasse

Biochemists and biologists who adhere blindly to the Darwinism theory search for results that will be in agreement with their theories and…

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Agreement

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From the almost total absence of fossil evidence relative to the origin of the phyla, it follows that any explanation of the…

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Absence

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To insist, even with Olympian assurance, that life appeared quite by chance and evolved in this fashion, is an unfounded supposition which…

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Assurance

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No matter how numerous they may be, mutations do not produce any kind of evolution.

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Biology

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We add that it would be all too easy to object that mutations have no evolutionary effect because they are eliminated by…

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Add

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The deceit is sometimes unconscious, but not always, since some people, owing to their sectarianism, purposely overlook reality and refuse to acknowledge…

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Acknowledge

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