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Ernst Mayr Quotes: A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature.
         

A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature.


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Our understanding of the world is achieved more effectively by conceptual improvements than by discovery of new facts

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Indeed, I was unable to find any evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of a drastic evolutionary acceleration and genetic reconstruction in widespread, populous species.

Indeed, I was unable to find any evidence whatsoever of the occurrence of a drastic evolutionary acceleration and genetic reconstruction in widespread, populous species.



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Life is simply the reification of the process of living.



I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God.

I have the honesty to say I'm an Atheist. There is nothing that supports the idea of a personal God.



The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts for a new theory but simply failed to ask the right questions.

The history of science knows scores of instances where an investigator was in the possession of all the important facts for a new theory but simply failed to ask the right questions.



Mathematics is as little a science as grammar is a language.

Mathematics is as little a science as grammar is a language.



Evolution as such is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that the earth revolves around the sun.

Evolution as such is no longer a theory for a modern author. It is as much a fact as that the earth revolves around the sun.



most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic.

most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic.



According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence to another.

According to the concept of transformational evolution, first clearly articulated by Lamarck, evolution consists of the gradual transformation of organisms from one condition of existence to another.



The major novelty of my theory was its claim that the most rapid evolutionary change does not occur in widespread, populous species, as claimed by Most geneticists, but in small founder populations.

The major novelty of my theory was its claim that the most rapid evolutionary change does not occur in widespread, populous species, as claimed by Most geneticists, but in small founder populations.





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