Biology Quote by Ernst Mayr

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

— Ernst Mayr

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

I think of evolution as an error-making and error-correcting process, and we are constantly learning from experience.

— Jonas Salk

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

Evolution works by selection, not by instruction. There is no final cause, no teleology, no purpose guiding the overall process

— Gerald Edelman

I'm always trying to find ways to evolve. Evolution, for me, is a very spiritual thing, getting closer to the creator, closer to God,…

— Sterling K. Brown

According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of…

— Ernst Mayr

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

Evolution is one of the most powerful and important ideas ever developed in the history of science. Every question it raises leads to new…

— Bill Nye

evolution is a tinkerer, an ad-hocker, and a jury-rigger. It works with what it has on hand, not with what it has in mind.…

— Natalie Angier

For our own species, evolution occurs mostly through our behavior. We innovate new behavior to adapt.

— Michael Crichton

As a consequence, geneticists described evolution simply as a change in gene frequencies in populations, totally ignoring the fact that evolution consists of the…

— Ernst Mayr