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1904–2005 Germany

Ernst Walter Mayr (July 5, 1904 – February 3, 2005) was a German biologist, one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary biologists, and renowned taxonomist, tropical explorer, ornithologist, and historian of science.

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Life is simply the reification of the process of living.

Evolution, thus, is merely contingent on certain processes articulated by Darwin: variation and selection. 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 (1988)

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

Ernst Mayr (1992)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Ernst Mayr (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.