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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

Topics: According Another Clearly Concept Condition Consists Evolution Existence First Gradual Organisms Transformation

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New gene pools are generated in every generation, and evolution takes place because the successful individuals produced by these gene pools give rise to the next generation.

~Ernst Mayr

Topics: Because Every Evolution Gene Generation Give Individuals New Next Next Generation Place Pools Produced Rise Successful Takes

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As a consequence, geneticists described evolution simply as a change in gene frequencies in populations, totally ignoring the fact that evolution consists of the two simultaneous but quite separate phenomena of adaptation and diversification.

~Ernst Mayr

Topics: Adaptation Change Consequence Consists Diversification Evolution Fact Gene Geneticist Ignoring Phenomena Quite Separate Simply Totally Two

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

~Ernst Mayr

Topics: Certain Contingent Darwin Evolution Merely Processes Selection Thus Variation

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Well, take the evolution of the Electronic Frontier Foundation. It began as hackers' rights. Then it became general civil liberties of everybody - government stay away.

~Esther Dyson

Topics: Away Became Began Civil Civil Liberties Electronic Everybody Evolution Foundation Frontier General Government Hackers Liberties Rights Stay Take Then Well

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Put simply, behavioural economics argues that human beings' decision-taking is guided by the evolutionary baggage which we bring with us to the present day. Evolution has made us rational to a point, but not perfectly so. It has given us emotions, for example, which programme us to override our rational brain and act more instinctively.

~Evan Davis

Topics: Act Baggage Beings Brain Bring Day Economics Emotions Evolution Evolutionary Example For Example Given Guided Human Human Beings Instinctively Made More Our Perfectly Point Present Programme Put Rational Simply Us Which

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Those early steps are very important in understanding the evolution. But in themselves, maybe now you need the later records to understand the significance of the earlier records!

~Evan Parker

Topics: Earlier Early Evolution Important Later Maybe Need Now Records Significance Steps Themselves Those Understand Understanding Very You

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If you trace the history of mankind, our evolution has been mediated by technology, and without technology it's not really obvious where we would be. So I think we have always been cyborgs in this sense.

~Evgeny Morozov

Topics: Always Been Evolution History Mankind Obvious Our Really Sense Technology The History Of Think Trace Where Without Would You I Think

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What makes humans unique is that evolution gave us the most incredible and sophisticated vision system, motor system, and language system, and they all work together.

~Fei-Fei Li

Topics: Evolution Gave Humans Incredible Language Makes Most Motor Sophisticated System Together Unique Us Vision Work Work Together

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More than 500 million years ago, vision became the primary driving force of evolution's 'big bang', the Cambrian Explosion, which resulted in explosive speciation of the animal kingdom. 500 million years later, AI technology is at the verge of changing the landscape of how humans live, work, communicate,and shape our environment.

~Fei-Fei Li

Topics: Ai Animal Bang Became Big Big Bang Changing Driving Driving Force Environment Evolution Explosion Explosive Force How Humans Kingdom Landscape Later Live Million Million Years More Our Primary Resulted Shape Technology Than Verge Vision Which Work Years Years Ago

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