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... Natural Selection . " Natural selection turned out to be an extraordinarily difficult con- cept for people to grasp . St. George Mivart , a Catholic scholar and scientist , was not unusual in equating natural selection with chance ...
... Natural Selection . " Natural selection turned out to be an extraordinarily difficult con- cept for people to grasp . St. George Mivart , a Catholic scholar and scientist , was not unusual in equating natural selection with chance ...
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... natural selection as the driving force behind new adaptations . Not even the most vehement " neutralist " would argue that chance , rather than natural selection , was responsible for the evolution of eyes , wings , or flowers . The ...
... natural selection as the driving force behind new adaptations . Not even the most vehement " neutralist " would argue that chance , rather than natural selection , was responsible for the evolution of eyes , wings , or flowers . The ...
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... natural selection , which is the antithesis of chance . II . Natural selection is an untestable , tautologous concept . The " fittest " are those who survive , who in turn are labeled the fittest . Given an understanding of the relation ...
... natural selection , which is the antithesis of chance . II . Natural selection is an untestable , tautologous concept . The " fittest " are those who survive , who in turn are labeled the fittest . Given an understanding of the relation ...
Contents
THE GROWTH OF EVOLUTIONARY SCIENCE | 23 |
THE LEGACY OF THE TAXONOMISTS | 44 |
THE FOSSIL RECORD | 68 |
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