Adaptation Quote by John Tooby

The theory of natural selection is the centerpiece of The Origin of Species and of evolutionary theory. It is this theory that accounts for…

— Douglas J. Futuyma

Every mutation through a new combination of genetic factors that provides the organism with a new opportunity for coming to terms with the conditions…

— Konrad Lorenz

It is an error to imagine that evolution signifies a constant tendency to increased perfection. That process undoubtedly involves a constant remodeling of the…

— Thomas Huxley

The more I study nature, the more I become impressed with ever-increasing force with the conclusion, that the contrivances and beautiful adaptations slowly acquired…

— Charles Darwin

All living organisms are but leaves on the same tree of life. The various functions of plants and animals and their specialized organs are…

— Albert Szent-Gyorgyi

“Evolution is more about adaptivity than adaptability.”

— Raheel Farooq

The proof given by Wright, that non-adaptive differentiation will occur in small populations owing to "drift," or the chance fixation of some new mutation…

— Julian Huxley

A self that is very robust, that has many, many levels of organization, from simple to complex, and that functions as a sort of…

— Antonio Damasio

When the physical organism breaks up, the soul survives. It then takes on another body.

— Paul Gauguin

“A dying organism is often observed to be capable of extraordinary endurance and strength. ... When any living organism is attacked, its whole function…

— John Steinbeck

I seem to be a brief light that flashes but once in all the aeons of time a rare, complicated, and all-too-delicate organism on…

— Alan Watts

Living organisms are distinguished by their specified complexity

— Leslie Orgel