Books, Brochures, and Chapters>Book:  Rainger , Ronald (2004-03-22), An Agenda for Antiquity, University Alabama Press, Retrieved on 2012-05-31
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    31 MAY 2012

     Taking the Magic out of Natural Selection.

    'Planning' is simply the result of experience read backward and projected into the future. To me the 'purposive' action of a beehive is simply the summation and integration of its units, and Natural Selection has put higher and higher premiums on the most 'purposeful' integration. It is the same way (to me) in the evolution of the middle ear, the steps in the Cynodonts (clearly shown by me in 1910 and by you later in Oudenodon) make it easier to see how such a wonderful device as the middle e...
    Folksonomies: evolution natural selection
    Folksonomies: evolution natural selection
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    Quoting William King Gregory: "The simple idea that planning is only experience read backward and combined by selection in suitable or successful combinations takes the mystery out of Nature and out of men's minds."

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