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It greatly oversimplifies a complex process, ignoring modern developments in the field of evolutionary biology (including the entirety of population genetics),
by jonathansizz 10y ago
It greatly oversimplifies a complex process, ignoring modern developments in the field of evolutionary biology (including the entirety of population genetics), and makes many unfounded assumptions.
The Spandrels paper I referenced above explains in detail, and is a good starting point:
http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/205/1161/581 http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/205/1161/581
Here's a more modern critique, which I posted here a few weeks ago:
http://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-016-0338-2 http://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-016...
- Nomentatus 10y agoThis is NOT modern - it's well out of date. And more of the discredited Gould.
- nurettin 10y agoLooks suspiciously marginal.