To Take An Unequivocal Stand, It Seems

On The Other Hand, Famous Evolutionists Such As Dobzhansky Were Firm Believers In A Personal God. He Would Work As A Scientist All Week And Then On Sunday Get Down On His Knees And Pray To God. Frankly I've Never Been Able To Understand It Because You Would Need Two Totally Different Compartments In Your Brain, One That Deals With Religion And The Other With Everything Else.

The Reduced Variability Of Small Populations Is Not Always Due To Accidental Gene Loss, But Sometimes To The Fact That The Entire Population Was Started By A Single Pair Or By A Single Fertilized Female. These 'founders' Of The Population Carried With Them Only A Very Small Proportion Of The Variability Of The Parent Population. This 'founder' Principle Sometimes Explains Even The Uniformity Of Rather Large Populations, Particularly If They Are Well Isolated And Near The Borders Of The Range Of The Species.

In Those Early Years In New York When I Was A Stranger In A Big City, It Was The Companionship And Later Friendship Which I Was Offered In The Linnean Society That Was The Most Important Thing In My Life.

Biology Can Be Divided Into The Study Of Proximate Causes, The Study Of The Physiological Sciences (broadly Conceived), And Into The Study Of Ultimate (evolutionary) Causes, The Subject Of Natural History.

In Neither His Definition Nor The Examples Illustrating What Memes Are Does Dawkins Mention Anything That Would Distinguish Memes From Concepts.