Answers Quote by Roger Lewin

The facts of microevolution [change within the species] do not suffice for an understanding of macroevolution [theorized change from one species to another].

— Richard Goldschmidt

“Universally accepted, microevolution has limits for what it can explain. These limits do not reach the center where the controversy lies - the Thesis…

— Jon Morrison

“When the payoff for organizing violence at a large scale tumbles, the payoff from violence at a smaller scale is likely to jump. Violence…

— James Dale Davidson

The decisive step in evolution, the first step toward macroevolution, the step from one species to another, requires another evolutionary method than that of…

— Richard Goldschmidt

“A microresolution is a compact and powerful commitment designed to nail a precise behavioral target exactly and deliver benefits immediately.”

— Caroline L. Arnold

“Genetics might be adequate for explaining microevolution, but microevolutionary changes in gene frequency were not seen as able to turn a reptile into a…

— Scott F. Gilbert

“Faster than all but a few now imagine, microprocessing will subvert and destroy the nation-state, creating new forms of social organization in the process.”

— James Dale Davidson

A number of well-understood mechanisms, including single gene mutations, produce changes that qualify as macroevolution. These include heterochronic mutations that alter structures by changing…

— Kenneth R. Miller

“Microprocessing reduces the size that groups must stain in order to be effective in the use and control of violence.”

— James Dale Davidson

“multitude of micro-actions must be shaped into a macro-action.”

— Peter Godfrey-Smith

“is a collective emergent agglomeration resulting from nonlinear social and organizational interactions”

— Geoffrey West

“While micro-evolution--change within species--has been observed in the laboratory, macro-evolution--change from one species to another has not, and never will be.”

— Bob Beasley