"Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes……" — Ernst Mayr
"Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object transformed, as in transformational evolution, but an entirely new start is, so to speak, made in every generation."
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43 Quotes by Ernst Mayr
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Biology can be divided into the study of proximate causes, the study of the physiological sciences (broadly conceived), and into…
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It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.
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All interpretations made by a scientist are hypotheses, and all hypotheses are tentative. They must forever be tested and they…
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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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On the other hand, famous evolutionists such as Dobzhansky were firm believers in a personal God. He would work as…
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Evolution ... is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.
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A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature.
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There are a number of attributes of species and populations that are not of any particular selective advantage to any…
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Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population…
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Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if…
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According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms…
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Given the fact of evolution, one would expect the fossils to document a gradual steady change from ancestral forms to…
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