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Also Known As Ernst Walter Mayr
Born July 5, 1904 • Kempten • Germany
Died February 3, 2005 (aged 100) • Bedford • Massachusetts
Subjects Of Study bird • evolution • population genetics • synthetic theory of evolution • taxonomy

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