"I did not claim that speciation occurs only……" — Ernst Mayr

"I did not claim that speciation occurs only in founder populations."

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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…
It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.
All interpretations made by a scientist are hypotheses, and all hypotheses are tentative. They must forever be tested and they…
I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God.
On the other hand, famous evolutionists such as Dobzhansky were firm believers in a personal God. He would work as…
Evolution ... is opportunistic, hence unpredictable.
A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature.
There are a number of attributes of species and populations that are not of any particular selective advantage to any…
Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population…
Every politician, clergyman, educator, or physician, in short, anyone dealing with human individuals, is bound to make grave mistakes if…
According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms…
Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object…

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