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Ernst Mayr

Naturalist and evolutionary biologist

Germany · 1904–2005

The greatest evolutionary biologist of the 20th century, Ernst Mayr fused Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection with the modern science of genetics. His 1942 book, Systematics and the Origin of Species, established the "biological species" concept, altering mankind's understanding of the nature of a species. Mayr's career began in Germany in the years following World War I.

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Anyhow, I talked it over with my mother, and she said, “Well, if that’s what you want, go right ahead.” She was a wonderful woman. And so I did.

Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 5 April 2001 source ↗

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