Changed Quote by David M. Raup

Ironically, we have even fewer examples of evolutionary transitions than we had in Darwin's time.

— David M. Raup

We know evolution happened not because of transitional fossils such as A. natans but because of the convergence of evidence from such diverse fields…

— Michael Shermer

The modern theory of evolution does not require gradual change. It in fact, the operation of Darwinian processes should yield exactly what we see…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Since we proposed punctuated equilibria to explain trends, it is infuriating to be quoted again and again by creationists-whether through design or stupidity, I…

— Stephen Jay Gould

Paleontologists ever since Darwin have been searching (largely in vain) for the sequences of insensibly graded series of fossils that would stand as examples…

— Niles Eldredge

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…

— Ernst Mayr

Only a tiny fraction of corpses fossilize, and we are lucky to have as many intermediate fossils as we do. We could easily have…

— Richard Dawkins

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…

— David M. Raup

The known fossil record fails to document a single example of phyletic evolution i.e., a species becoming a new species accomplishing a major morphological…

— Steven M. Stanley

“Every day, hundreds of observations and experiments pour into the hopper of the scientific literature. Many of them don't have much to do with…

— Jerry A. Coyne

Established species are evolving so slowly that major transitions between genera and higher taxa must be occurring within small rapidly evolving populations that leave…

— Steven M. Stanley

Biological evolution is too slow for the human species. Over the next few decades, it's going to be left in the dust.

— Ray Kurzweil