Darwinism, Democracy, and Race examines the development and defence of an argument that arose at the boundary between anthropology and evolutionary biology in twentieth-century America. In its fully articulated form, this argument simultaneously discredited scientific racism and…
"Darwinism, Democracy, and Race examines the development and defence of an argument that arose at the boundary between anthropology and evolutionary biology in twentieth-century America. In its fully articulated form, this argument simultaneously discredited scientific racism an…
By focusing on the cellular mechanisms that underlie ontogeny, phylogeny and regeneration of complex physiologic traits, Evolution, the Logic of Biologydemonstrates the use of homeostasis, the fundamental principle of physiology and medicine, as the unifying mechanism for evolut…
"The body of evolutionary theory that currently occupies a dominant position in biological thought is new-Darwinism. While this theory has considerable explanatory power, it is widely recognized as being incomplete in that lacks a component dealing with individual development, o…
Introduction : wonderful relationships : Darwinian stories of origins -- "Curtiosity's" child : Bobby Darwin's impertinent early years -- Darwin and the pampas pirates : adventure in search of treasure -- Fossils, fools, & faults : rounding South America -- Irritating worms : th…
"Most scientific explanations are causal. This is also the case in evolutionary biology, where the primary goals are to explain the diversity of life and the adaptive fit between organisms and their surroundings. Despite the central role of the nature of causation in evolutionar…