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'''George Gaylord Simpson''' was a Harvard paleontologist
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'''George Gaylord Simpson''' was a prominent [[American]] [[paleontology|paleontologist]]s of the 20th century.  In countless scientific papers and in books such as ''Tempo and Mode in Evolution'' and ''The Meaning of Evolution'', he revolutionized the study of evolutionary paleontology.
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{{quotebox|Although many details remain to be worked out, it is already evident that all objective phenomena of the history of life can be explained by purely [[naturalistic]] or, in a proper sense of the sometimes abused word, [[materialistic]] factors. They are readily explicable on the basis of differential reproduction in populations and the mainly random interplay of the known processes of heredity.  Therefore, man is the result of a purposeless and natural process that did not have him in mind. - G. Simpson, Meaning of Evolution, p. 345}}
 
  
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Latest revision as of 16:04, February 12, 2011

George Gaylord Simpson was a prominent American paleontologists of the 20th century. In countless scientific papers and in books such as Tempo and Mode in Evolution and The Meaning of Evolution, he revolutionized the study of evolutionary paleontology.

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