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Special design's centuries of success

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 August 2003

Edward H. Hagen
Edward H. Hagen
Affiliation:
Institute for Theoretical Biology, Humboldt University, 10115 Berlin, [email protected] http://itb.biologie.hu-berlin.de/~hagen/
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Abstract

The fitness maximization standard incorrectly assumes that most adaptations have high heritablility, and it imposes the difficult requirement that correlated phenotypic and environmental contributors to reproduction be controlled for. Despite infrequently recognized problems, the special design standard is the foundation of the spectacular successes of modern medicine. It also suggests that the ancestral environment provides a window into the functioning of the brain.

Type
Brief Report
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 25 , Issue 4 , August 2002 , pp. 519 - 520
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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