Adaptation Quote by Ernst Mayr

I know there is a difference between adaption and evolution.

— Jack Kingston

Mosts scientist are unable to arrive at a specific definition of biological evolution. “Biological evolution is… change in the properties of populations of organisms…

— Douglas J. Futuyma

The essence of Darwinism lies in its claim that natural selection creates the fit. Variation is ubiquitous and random in direction. It supplies raw…

— Stephen Jay Gould

“Genetics might be adequate for explaining microevolution, but microevolutionary changes in gene frequency were not seen as able to turn a reptile into a…

— Scott F. Gilbert

Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object transformed, as in transformational…

— Ernst Mayr

Some evolutionists will protest that we are caricaturing their view of adaptation. After all, do they not admit genetic drift, allometry, and a variety…

— Stephen Jay Gould

“EVOLUTION RESTS ON three steps: (a) certain biological traits are inherited by genetic means; (b) mutations and gene recombination produce variation in those traits;…

— Robert M. Sapolsky

“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

“With the little changes that happen with reproduction, the configuration of your DNA and your genes can change for you and others in the…

— Bill Nye

Evolution thus is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection.

— Ernst Mayr

“You can't separate adaptability from evolution”

— Thabiso Monkoe

In the broadest sense, evolution is merely change, and so is all-pervasive; galaxies, languages, and political systems all evolve. Biological evolution ... is change…

— Douglas J. Futuyma