Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.
In the words of Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution".
Even ordinary-seeming animals are marvellous in the light of evolution: the chicken, for example, is the closest living relative of Tyrannosaurus rex.
Just as Theodosius Dobzhansky stated that Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution, that is certainly the case in paleontology.
Theodosius Dobzhansky, one of the founders of genetics, once said that "nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution".
Ukrainian American geneticist and evolutionist Theodosius Dobzhansky noted in the 20th century that "nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution".
But the 18th-century founder of taxonomy, Linnaeus, assuredly did not think so, and 20th-century taxonomists, in Yoon's telling, struggled to define species in light of evolution while still relying on intuitive, visual judgments.
Our essentialist urge toward rigid definitions of "human" (in debates over abortion and animal rights) and "alive" (in debates over euthanasia and end-of-life decisions) makes no sense in the light of evolution and other gradualistic phenomena.
The oft-repeated maxim of Russian biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky, "Nothing makes sense in biology except in the light of evolution", is trotted out here too, which is fine as it deserves cultural ubiquity.
Specifically, we will discuss the relevance of discrepancies between anatomical and functional correspondence in light of evolution, brain development and disease.
As Theodosius Dobzhanksy famously said, "Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution".16 Because phylogenies are representations of evolutionary history, they shed light on a wide range of issues within biology.
