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Richard B. Goldschmidt
(12 Apr 1878 - 24 Apr 1958)
German-born U.S. zoologist who specialized in heredity.
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“The
decisive step in evolution, the first step toward macroevolution, the
step from one species to another, requires another evolutionary method
than that of sheer accumulation ofmicromutations.”
— Richard B. Goldschmidt
“We have
long been seeking a different kind of evolutionary process and have now
found one; namely, the change within the pattern of the chromosomes.
... The neo-Darwinian theory of the geneticists is no longer tenable.”
— Richard B. Goldschmidt
“I have accumulated a wealth of knowledge in innumerable spheres and
enjoyed it as an always ready instrument for exercising the mind and
penetrating further and further. Best of all, mine has been a life of
loving and being loved. What a tragedy that all this will disappear
with the used-up body!”
— Richard B. Goldschmidt
In and Out of the Ivory Tower (1960)
University of Washington Press, Seattle, p. 311.
University of Washington Press, Seattle, p. 311.
