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Various distinctions are sometimes made among hypotheses and theories. For the purposes of the present essay, I will use the term “hypothesis” as the logic of the inference of its premises to the conclusions obtained by the empirical data; thereby broadly enough to comprehend both of them.
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I thank the Institute of Biosciences of the University of São Paulo and to Silvio Nihei for the logistical support. Thanks to Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior (process number 88882.333078/2019-01) for doctoral scholarship.
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de Santis, M.D. Misconceptions About Historical Sciences in Evolutionary Biology. Evol Biol 48, 94–99 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11692-020-09526-6
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