Quote by: Lynn Margulis

Natural selection eliminates and maybe maintains, but it doesn't create... Neo-Darwinists say that new species emerge when mutations occur and modify an organism. I was taught over and over again that the accumulation of random mutations led to evolutionary change [which] led to new species. I believed it until I looked for evidence.


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Author Bio


  • NameLynn Margulis
  • Descriptionbiologist
  • BornMarch 5, 1938
  • DiedNovember 22, 2011
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionBiologist
  • AwardsGuggenheim Fellowship; National Medal Of Science; Darwin–Wallace Medal; William Procter Prize For Scientific Achievement