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Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection (Paperback)
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Darwinian Populations and Natural Selection (Paperback)
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Price R518
Discovery Miles 5 180
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In 1859 Darwin described a deceptively simple mechanism that he
called "natural selection," a combination of variation,
inheritance, and reproductive success. He argued that this
mechanism was the key to explaining the most puzzling features of
the natural world, and science and philosophy were changed forever
as a result. The exact nature of the Darwinian process has been
controversial ever since, however. Godfrey-Smith draws on new
developments in biology, philosophy of science, and other fields to
give a new analysis and extension of Darwin's idea. The central
concept used is that of a "Darwinian population," a collection of
things with the capacity to undergo change by natural selection.
From this starting point, new analyses of the role of genes in
evolution, the application of Darwinian ideas to cultural change,
and "evolutionary transitions" that produce complex organisms and
societies are developed. Darwinian Populations and Natural
Selection will be essential reading for anyone interested in
evolutionary theory.
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