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Evolution since Julian Huxley

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There has been a lot of evolution since Julian Huxley, and I will have to be selective. I will take as my starting point the publication of that fascinating book, Evolution as a Process, edited by Huxley, Hardy and Ford in 1954, and concentrate on Huxley’s main evolutionary interests, culled from his great work Evolution: the Modern Synthesis. They were:

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    The extent of genetic variation;

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    The power of natural selection;

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    The origin of species;

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    The mechanics of the evolutionary process.

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  1. Bryan C. Clarke FRS
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  1. Department of Anatomy, University of Cambridge, UK

    Milo Keynes

  2. Department of Biological Anthropology, University of Oxford, UK

    G. Ainsworth Harrison

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Clarke, B.C. (1989). Evolution since Julian Huxley. In: Keynes, M., Harrison, G.A. (eds) Evolutionary Studies. Studies in Biology, Economy and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-09958-0_5

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