Ernst Mayr: Observation And Inferences

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Talwar Anmol

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For thousands of years many philosophers had argued that life must have been created by a supernatural being / creator / God due to the incredible complexity of Nature (in particular, we humans and our minds). *Darwin’s theory of evolution* *is based on five key observations and inferences drawn from them. These observations and inferences have been summarized by the great biologist Ernst Mayr as follows:*

*1) Species have great fertility. They make more offspring than can grow to adulthood.* *2) Populations remain roughly the same size, with modest fluctuations.*

*3) Food resources are limited, but are relatively constant most of the time.* *From these three observations it may be inferred that in such an
environment

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