How predictable is evolution in a chancy world where evolution’s raw material is random mutation?
Abstract This is a review of A Series of Fortunate Events, by Sean B. Carroll. First, Carroll uses the decisive role of chance in our lives to deny validity to anthropocentric religion. Then he discusses impacts of chance environmental disasters on the course of evolution, the random origin of all v...
Main Author: | Egbert Giles Leigh |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2022-05-01
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Series: | Evolution: Education and Outreach |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s12052-022-00165-3 |
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