A Spandrel in the Works

Evolution Talk

English - January 02, 2023 06:00 - 10 minutes - 14.9 MB - ★★★★★ - 186 ratings
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In 1979 Stephen Jay Gould and genetecist Richard C. Lewontin presented the paper “The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme”. What do spandrels have to do with evolution and biology? Sometimes, things are there simply because they are.

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