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George Gaylord Simpson quotes: A rill in a barnyard and the Grand Canyon represent, in the main, stages of valley erosion that began some millions of years apart.

A rill in a barnyard and the Grand Canyon represent, in the main, stages of valley erosion that began some millions of years apart.

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: The argument from absence of transitional types boils down to the striking fact that such types are always lacking unless they have been found.

The argument from absence of transitional types boils down to the striking fact that such types are always lacking unless they have been found.

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely.

Almost all paleontologists recognize that the discovery of a complete transition is in any case unlikely.

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: Man is the result of a purposeless and materialistic process that did not have him in mind. He was not planned.

Man is the result of a purposeless and materialistic process that did not have him in mind. He was not planned.

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: Now we do have many examples of transitional sequences.

Now we do have many examples of transitional sequences.

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: Of course the orders all converge backward in time, to different degrees.

Of course the orders all converge backward in time, to different degrees.

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: I don't know where to put whales. I'm sticking them here, but I don't have any reason for it.

I don't know where to put whales. I'm sticking them here, but I don't have any reason for it.

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: From horses we may learn not only about the horse itself but also about animals in general, indeed about ourselves and about life as a whole.

From horses we may learn not only about the horse itself but also about animals in general, indeed about ourselves and about life as a whole.

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: It is now firmly established that ontogeny does not repeat phylogeny

It is now firmly established that ontogeny does not repeat phylogeny

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle.

The search for historical laws is, I maintain, mistaken in principle.

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing world, and not at all as if they were moving toward a set goal.

Species evolve exactly as if they were adapting as best they could to a changing world, and not at all as if they were moving toward a set goal.

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: Splitting and gradual divergence of genera is exemplified very well and in a large variety of organisms.

Splitting and gradual divergence of genera is exemplified very well and in a large variety of organisms.

George Gaylord Simpson quotes: I have a debt, a loyalty to the museum; the best place for me to do what I wanted to do.

I have a debt, a loyalty to the museum; the best place for me to do what I wanted to do.