Re: What are Neo-Darwinian mechanisms? (was Conspiracy? (was DIFFICULTIES...)
Greg Billock (billgr@cco.caltech.edu)
Wed, 25 Feb 1998 09:52:17 -0800 (PST)Cliff,
> Personally, I feel that Neo-Darwinism represents a
> sort of fundamentalist revival of Darwinism, as a
> reaction to creationism. But I would like to know if
> people think there are real technical distinctions
> between D. and Neo-D.
Try Ernst Mayr's little book _One Long Argument_. It
is a concise look at the question. Mayr talks about
the components of Darwinism (Darwin's five theories),
how they fared subsequent to their introduction, and
how the neo-Darwinian synthesis was formed, and what
components went into that.
-Greg