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Well, a lot of things don't square well with evolutionary biology, which is why the field is in crisis.

• knightoffaith 3y ago
  I know evolutionary psychology has been getting a lot of heat, but is evolutionary biology in general in crisis? As far as I know people like Gould weren't rejecting evolution wholesale so much as they were rejecting adaptationism.
  • jononomo 3y ago
    Yes. There was a conference on this in 2016: https://www.quantamagazine.org/scientists-seek-to-update-evolution-20161122/ https://www.quantamagazine.org/scientists-seek-to-update-evo... You can also read my other comment on this topic here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37014923 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37014923
    • geye1234 3y ago
      Very interesting, thanks!