The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist
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The Spandrels of San Marco and the Panglossian Paradigm: A Critique of the Adaptationist Programme Author(s): S. J. Gould and R. C. Lewontin Source: Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological Sciences, Vol. 205, No. 1161, The Evolution of Adaptation by Natural Selection (Sep. 21, 1979), pp. 581-598 Published by: The Royal Society Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/77447 Accessed: 22/08/2008 16:42
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