Book Review On Gould's Panda's Thumb
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...premise that natural selection is a reality because of nature's mistakes such as Panda's thumb, is rather interesting. It is Gould's idea of evolution and similar to Darwin, but is not exactly Darwin. Gould has his theory of punctuated equilibrium for example, and others also dispute Darwin's claims to some extent. Gould throws out adaptationism and provides his own brand of evolution in the collection of essays called The Panda's Thumb.
Gould disputes Darwinism due to the fact that it promotes adaptation and negates other causes for change. For example, it is supposed that man adapted to his environment by losing tails, losing the need for molars, etc. Teeth for example, are something that one might say has evolved where those who have fewer teeth are higher on the evolutionary scale. Because people today eat processed foods a great deal there is no need for the extra teeth that perhaps the cave man might have required to shred his prey. Evolution makes sense, but there are...
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