IS NATURAL SELECTION A CHIMERA? REFLECTIONS ON THE ‘SURVIVAL’ OF A PRINCIPLE

Abstract My objective is to discuss the persistence of the notion of natural selection in the biological sciences, exploring the fact that: (1) this notion, just like the term culture in anthropology, is historically an inaugural concept in its particular scientific field, and, insofar as both posse...

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Main Author: Silva,Gláucia Oliveira da (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2017
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Online Access:http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1809-43412017000300200
Country:Brazil
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