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Evolutionary Quotes by Ernst Mayr
- Biology can be divided into the study of proximate causes, the study of the physiological sciences (broadly conceived), and into the study of ultimate (evolutionary)…
- Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population genetics, and the actual findings…
- Indeed, I was unable to find any evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of a drastic evolutionary acceleration and genetic reconstruction in widespread, populous species.
- The major novelty of my theory was its claim that the most rapid evolutionary change does not occur in widespread, populous species, as claimed by…
- It seems to me that for Darwin the pulsing of evolutionary rates was a strictly vertical phenomenon.
- Most of them are doomed to rapid extinction, but a few may make evolutionary inventions, such as physiological, ecological, or behavioral innovations that give these…
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