The proper role of history in evolutionary explanations

Evolutionary explanations are not only common in the biological sciences, but also widespread outside biology. But an account of how evolutionary perform their explanatory work is still lacking. This paper develops such account. I argue that available accounts science miss important parts role history explanations. historical part should be taken as having genuine force, and it provides how-possibly sensu Dray. propose comparative-composite consisting two distinct kinds explanations, one processual historical, connected via explanandum's evolvability to show explanandum product its past. The both a reconstruction biology guideline specifying what kind research programs develop.