Ernst Mayr Quote

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.


Toward a New Philosophy of Biology: Observations of an Evolutionist (ed. Harvard University Press, 1988)


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...

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...

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...

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...