Gaylord Simpson Quotes

American paleontologist (1902–1984)

George Gaylord Simpson (June 16, 1902 – October 6, 1984) was an American paleontologist. Simpson was perhaps the most influential paleontologist of the twentieth century, and a major participant in the modern evolutionary synthesis, contributing Tempo and mode in evolution (1944), The meaning of evolution (1949) and The major features of evolution (1953).

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Native Name: George Gaylord Simpson

Alternative Names: George G. Simpson • G. G. Simpson

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Man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind.

It is another aphorism that no ones knows everything about anything. That need not dull the pleasure and fascination of the fact that a great deal is known about some things.

I don't think that evolution is supremely important because it is my specialty; it is my specialty because I think it is supremely important.

Exobiology - a curious development in view of the fact that this "science" has yet to demonstrate that its subject matter exists!

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