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Revolutions in evolutionary thought: Darwin and after

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Darwin is as much a household name today as he was a century and a half ago. Phrases such as Universal Darwinism, Social Darwinism, The New Science of Darwinian Medicine, Darwin Machines, Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, The Universal Acid of Darwinism, Neo-Darwinism, Darwin is Dead — Long Live Darwin …. are in common usage today. Darwin stands out as a colossus — a giant among giants. A progression of great thinkers led to Darwin. Who were these revolutionaries and what are the frontiers of modern evolutionary thought? Some of these questions are addressed in this article.

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    Renee Borges

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Renee M Borges studies the evolution of interactions between species at the Centre for Ecological Sciences, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore. She currently works on antplants, ant-mimicking spiders, crab spiders, figs and fig wasps, and carpenter bees. Her major interests are in the visual and chemical mediation of behavioural ecology and evolution.

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Borges, R. Revolutions in evolutionary thought: Darwin and after. Reson 14, 102–123 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12045-009-0012-x

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