Evolutionary Theory Evolves

Should Evolutionary Theory Evolve?

Some biologists are calling for a rethink of the rules of evolution.

“We’re not talking a revolution,” Massimo Pigliucci, the City University of New York evolutionary biologist and philosopher, says. “Nobody’s going to deny Darwin and all that stuff. But it has been several decades since the last time evolutionary biologists actually sat around the table, so to speak, and came up with the basic principles of their field.”

By Bob Grant
The Scientist Vol.24 Issue 1 p24

This is interesting, as I was wondering whether the theory still holds true or there is a need for an "update". And voila. Very intriguing indeed.

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