Biology Quote 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) causes, the subject of natural history.”

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There is more to biology than rats, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis, and E. coli.

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I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God.

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All I claimed was that when a drastic change occurs, it occurs in a relatively small and isolated population.

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