Ernst Walter Mayr (5 July 1904 – 3 February 2005) was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists.
He was also a renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer,...
Scientific progress consists in the development of new concepts. Ernst Mayr
Scientific progress consists in the development of new concepts.
Most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic. Ernst Mayr
Most scientific problems are far better understood by studying their history than their logic.
The most consequential change in man's view of the world, of living nature and of himself came with the introduction, over a period of some 100 years beginning only in the 18th century, of the idea of change itself. Ernst Mayr
The most consequential change in man's view of the world, of living nature and of himself came with the introduction, over a period of some 100 years beginning only in the 18th century, of the idea of change itself.
Isolating mechanisms are biological properties of individuals that prevent the interbreeding of populations that are actually or potentially sympatric. Ernst Mayr
Isolating mechanisms are biological properties of individuals that prevent the interbreeding of populations that are actually or potentially sympatric.
No longer is a fixed object transformed, as in transformational evolution, but an entirely new start is, so to speak, made in every generation. Ernst Mayr
No longer is a fixed object transformed, as in transformational evolution, but an entirely new start is, so to speak, made in every generation.
It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science. Ernst Mayr
It is curious how often erroneous theories have had a beneficial effect for particular branches of science.
There is more to biology than rats, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis, and E. coli. Ernst Mayr
There is more to biology than rats, Drosophila, Caenorhabditis, and E. coli.
Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population genetics, and the actual findings of paleontology. Ernst Mayr
Paleontologists had long been aware of a seeming contradiction between Darwin's postulate of gradualism, confirmed by the work of population genetics, and the actual findings of paleontology.
A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature. Ernst Mayr
A species is a reproductive community of populations reproductively isolated from others that occupies a specific niche in nature.
