Splendor and misery of adaptation, or the importance of neutral null for understanding evolution

Falacy of Seeking Too Much Purpose in Evolutionary Adaptation

Darwin’s concept of evolution is centered on natural selection, or survival of the fittest [1]. Although Darwin did realize that organisms possess structures and even entire organs that might not have an extant function, as is the case of rudiments [2], on the whole, selectionist thinking has heavily dominated the…

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