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The theory (or fact- as Mayr would have it) of evolution represents a threat to the traditional identity of this region. This tension between science and tradition (whether real or perceived) has affected the education and upbringing of an entire region for so long that even now in this age...
Mayr refined the definition of the term species to “groups of actually or potentially interbreeding natural populations which are reproductively isolated from other such groups.” Along with TheodosiusDobzhanskyand George GaylordSimpson, he helped formulate thesynthetic theoryofevolution, putting together ...
Ernst Mayr (1904 2005), eminent naturalist-systematist and ornithologist, - chitect of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution, leading evolutionary biologist and in?uential historian and philosopher of biology, was asked repeatedly by friends, associates, and peers to write an autobiography, but he alw...
* 1984 Evolution and ethics. Pages 35–46 in Darwin, Mars and Freud: Their influence on Moral Theory (A L Caplan and B Jennings, Eds.) Plenum Press, New York. * 1985. Darwin's five theories of evolution. In D. Kohn, ed., The Darwinian Heritage, Princeton NJ: Princeton University Pr...
Highlights Ernst Mayr's insights on the centrality of species. Contributions to the theories of macroevolution; Ideas in evolutionary theory; Mayr's scientific achievements; Books on the centrality of speciation.doi:10.1111/j.1558-5646.1994.tb01291.xStephen Jay Gould...
Explore the life of Ernst Mayr, a famous biologist. Study the significance of his work and contributions in relation to Charles Darwin's evolution theory. Related to this QuestionWhat did Adolf von Baeyer discover? What were Jan Ernst Matzeliger's accomplishments? What did Paul Ehrlich discover?
Ernst Mayr’s influence on philosophy of biology has given the field a particular perspective on evolution, phylogeny and life in general. Using debates about the tree of life as a guide, I show how Mayrian evolutionary biology excludes numerous forms of life and many important evolutionary proce...
In one of his last papers (1999) Ernst Mayr (1904–2005) outlined the situation in Germany around the middle of the 20th century regarding the theory of evolution. He pointed out that the developments in the Evolutionary Synthesis can be divided into two periods. The first period was initiate...
Ernst,Mayr,François,... - 《Journal of Ornithology》 被引量: 169发表: 1983年 Ornithology, Evolution, and Philosophy: The Life and Science of Ernst Mayr 1904–2005 This book is the first detailed biography of Ernst Mayr. He was an 'architect' of the Synthetic Theory of Evolution, and ...