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Evolutionary Explanation

An Evolutionary Explanation is a form of scientific explanation that belongs to the category of causal–historical explanations, distinguished by its reliance on evolutionary processes such as natural selection, genetic drift, or common descent to account for the origins, adaptations, or diversity of biological traits and entities.

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Exaptation—a Missing Term in the Science of Form

Stephen Jay Gould, Elisabeth S. Vrba · Paleobiology · 1982 · 5.1K citations

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Darwin's dangerous idea: evolution and the meanings of life

Choice Reviews Online · 1995 · 1.7K citations

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The Nature of Selection: Evolutionary Theory in Philosophical Focus.

Robert N. Brandon, Elliott Sober · The Philosophical Review · 1986 · 1.1K citations

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Does evolutionary theory need a rethink?

Kevin N. Laland, Tobias Uller, Kim Sterelny et al. · Nature · 2014 · 1.1K citations

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Why is economics not an evolutionary science?1

T. B. Veblen · Cambridge Journal of Economics · 1998 · 1.1K citations

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  1. MR
    Michael Ruse

    University of Guelph, Canada

    10 publications · 551 citations

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  2. ES
    Elliott Sober

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    9 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. RH
    Ross H. Nehm

    Stony Brook University, United States

    8 publications · 814 citations

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  4. SJ
    Stephen Jay Gould

    Harvard University, United States

    6 publications · 6.5K citations

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    Tobias Uller

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 2K citations

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  1. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    20 h-index

    40 publications

    6.5K citations

  2. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    16 h-index

    22 publications

    1.1K citations

  3. University of Toronto

    Toronto, Canada

    15 h-index

    17 publications

    957 citations

  4. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    13 h-index

    15 publications

    8K citations

  5. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    13 h-index

    17 publications

    1.7K citations

  6. Victoria University of Wellington

    Wellington, New Zealand

    11 h-index

    11 publications

    2.1K citations

  7. Indiana University Bloomington

    Bloomington, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    3.3K citations

  8. Duke University

    Durham, United States

    10 h-index

    11 publications

    1.7K citations

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  1. Philosophy of Science

    62 publications · 5.1K citations

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  2. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 41 publications · 5.6K citations

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  3. Biology & Philosophy

    39 publications · 1.4K citations

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  4. Evolution Education and Outreach

    25 publications · 960 citations

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