Abyss Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

“Engels’s view of evolution was Lamarckian, rather than strictly Darwinian, in that he believed that characteristics acquired by individuals could be inherited by later…

— Terrell Carver

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

“Cultural evolution can proceed so quickly because it operates, as biological evolution does not, in the "Lamarckian" mode - by the inheritance of acquired…

— Anonymous

In fact, Darwin's own grandfather anticipated the central tenet of Lamarckism by some seven years: "All animals undergo perpetual transformations; which are in part…

— Erasmus Darwin

“evolution  only happens by learning new skills, developing these skills and qualities, and then embodying them.”

— Martin Faulks

“All sorts of changes in cellular machinery have shown up that have nothing to do with the sequence of DNA but still have profound,…

— Thomas Hayden

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

— Jonas Salk

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

It is natural selection that gives direction to changes, orients chance, and slowly, progressively produces more complex structures, new organs, and new species. Novelties…

— Francois Jacob

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

— Michael Crichton

Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. No longer is a fixed object transformed, as in transformational…

— Ernst Mayr

“the process of evolution does not necessarily mean elevation, enhancement, strengthening.”

— Friedrich Nietzsche