Adaptationism
Sign in to saveAdaptationism is a scientific perspective on evolution that focuses on accounting for the products of evolution as collections of adaptive traits, each a product of natural selection with some adaptive rationale.
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Encyclopedic overview
13 sectionsContents
- Overview
- Criteria to identify a trait as an adaptation
- Constraints on the power of evolution
- Genetic constraints
- Anatomical constraints
- Debate with structuralism
- Purpose and function
- Function
- Teleology
- See also
- References
- Sources
- External links
Adaptationism is a scientific perspective on evolution that focuses on accounting for the products of evolution as collections of adaptive traits, each a product of natural selection with some adaptive rationale.
A formal alternative would be to look at the products of evolution as the result of neutral evolution, in terms of structural constraints, or in terms of a mixture of factors including (but not limited to) natural selection.
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