Adaptation Quote by Daniel E. Lieberman

The more highly adapted an organism becomes, the less adaptable it is to any new change.

— Ronald Fisher

Individual organisms are best thought of as adaptation-executers rather than as fitness-maximizers.

— John Tooby

Adaptation is a profound process. Means you figure out how to thrive in the world.

— John Laroche

“All living species “adapt.” Indeed, “adaptation” is a distinctive emergent property of life in general. Adaptation means that, over time, the average features of…

— Steven J. Dick

“Evolution is more about adaptivity than adaptability.”

— Raheel Farooq

Every mutation through a new combination of genetic factors that provides the organism with a new opportunity for coming to terms with the conditions…

— Konrad Lorenz

“Most people seem to think that organisms develop adaptive traits in response to environmental change. This is bullshit. The environment changes and those who…

— Peter Watts

“I am suggesting here that organisms have a built-I capability of adapting to their environment. I am suggesting that to the extent that evolution…

— Lee Spetner

“The crucial first step to survival in all organisms is habitat selection. If you get to the right place, everything else is likely to…

— Elisabeth Tova Bailey

For me, the level at which natural selection causes the phenomenon of adaptation is the level of the replicator - the gene.

— Richard Dawkins

I am a student of evolution and adaptation.

— Frances Arnold

The hallmark of the human species is great adaptability.

— David Grinspoon