Biology Quote by Stephen Jay Gould

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

— Jonas Salk

Evolution is far more than a belief or an educated guess about how people came to be as they are. It is, in fact,…

— Alan I. Leshner

The study of evolution is an evolution in itself.

— Hendrik Poinar

Evolution is the creation-myth of our age. By telling us our origin it shapes our views of what we are. It influences not just…

— Mary Midgley

The evolution theory is purely the product of the imagination.

— John Ambrose Fleming

Evolution is a fact. It is the best explanation of what is known from observations. It's a theory as powerful as the theory of…

— Donald Johanson

In fact, nothing in science as a whole has been more firmly established by interwoven factual information, or more illuminating than the universal occurrence…

— E. O. Wilson

Evolution is a process of creating patterns of increasing order....I believe that it's the evolution of patterns that constitutes the ultimate story of our…

— Ray Kurzweil

Evolution is an indispensable component of any satisfying explanation of our psychology.

— Steven Pinker

In the broadest sense, evolution is merely change, and so is all-pervasive; galaxies, languages, and political systems all evolve. Biological evolution ... is change…

— Douglas J. Futuyma

The concept of evolution postulates that living organisms have common roots, and in turn, the existence of common features is powerful support for the…

— Hans Adolf Krebs

...evolution is the gradual development and stratification of progressive series of wholes, stretching from the inorganic beginnings to the highest level of spiritual creation.

— Jan Smuts