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Ernst Mayr
Not to be confused with
Ernst Mayer
,
Ernst Meyer
,
Ernest Mayer
or
Ernest May
.
Ernst Walter Mayr
(; 5 July 1904 – 3 February 2005) was one of the 20th century's leading evolutionary
biologists
. He was also a renowned
taxonomist
, tropical explorer,
ornithologist
, and
historian of science
. His work contributed to the conceptual revolution that led to the
modern evolutionary synthesis
of
Mendelian
genetics
,
systematics
, and
Darwinian
evolution
, and to the development of the
biological species concept
.
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