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September 10, 2025Academic Questions1 citations

Evolving Views on the Science of Evoluton

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NGNathalie Gontier

Key Points

  • No single school of evolutionary thought is dominant, emphasizing the pluralistic nature of evolution.
  • Key concepts explored include darwinism, modern synthesis, and reticulate evolution, highlighting their significance.
  • Gontier's review encompasses various evolutionary frameworks, showing their contributions to understanding evolution.
  • These discussions underline the importance of integrating diverse perspectives in evolutionary biology.

Abstract

Nathalie Gontier takes us on a romp through the predominant schools of evolutionary thought: Darwinism, the Modern Synthesis, Micro-, Meso-, and Macroevolution, Ecology, and Reticulate Evolution. Today, writes Gontier, no school “holds a privileged position over the other, and all have provided valid means whereby to study the pluralistic nature of evolution.

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Nathalie Gontier (2024) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/68c1e08354b1d3bfb60fd6a8https://doi.org/10.51845/37.1.5
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