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Précis of Evolution in Four Dimensions.
The Behavioral and brain sciences - 1 Aug 2007
Jablonka Eva, Lamb Marion J
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In his theory of evolution, Darwin recognized that the conditions of life play a role in the generation of hereditary variations, as well as in their selection. However, as evolutionary theory was developed further, heredity became identified with genetics, and variation was seen in terms of combinations of randomly generated gene mutations. We argue that this view is now changing, because it is clear that a...
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