Ernst Mayr (1904–2005)

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1. Stephen Jay Gould

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2. Ernst Mayr

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3. Richard Dawkins

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4. Arthur Cleveland Bent

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5. Edward O. Wilson

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6. Matt Ridley

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7. Michael Ruse

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8. Daniel C. Dennett

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9. Sean B. Carroll

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10. Niles Eldredge

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11. George Gaylord Simpson

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12. Peter J. Bowler

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13. Adrian Desmond

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14. Charles Darwin

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15. Theodosius Dobzhansky

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16. Carl Zimmer

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17. John Maynard Smith

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18. Lynn Margulis

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19. Libbie Henrietta Hyman

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20. David L. Hull

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