Affiliation:
1. Institute for the Study of Complex Systems , 1390 158th Pl. NE, #616, Bellevue WA 98008 , USA
Abstract
AbstractMany developments over the past few decades have undermined the central tenets of the so-called ‘Modern Synthesis’ in evolutionary biology—including its narrow focus on genetic mutations and other molecular level factors as a prime source of innovation in evolution and a deeply competitive model of biological change. It is now apparent that cooperative (synergistic) effects of various kinds, at all ‘levels’ of living systems, have played a major causal role in shaping the overall trajectory of life on Earth, and that living systems themselves have been purposeful participants (‘agents’) and co-developers in this process.
Publisher
Oxford University Press (OUP)
Subject
Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics
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