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140:"Much of what he says is completely wrong. According to his version, organisms invariably reproduce as much as possible. And yet, contrary to what he says, there is nothing contrary to the theory as it is taught to undergraduate biology students, when older males prevents younger ones from getting access to females. It is straight-forward consequence of competition for a finite number of mates. Nor does there exist, as he claims, any contradiction in the fact that organisms defer reproduction until they reach a certain age and size; they are accumulating capital." 262: 27: 303: 188: 327: 234: 296: 198: 342: 322: 332: 337: 289: 243: 347: 204: 352: 106: 58: 194: 247: 161: 133: 155: 121: 273: 261: 316: 238: 26: 110: 102: 40: 269: 150: 87: 221:. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Vol. 20, No. 1. pp. 108-110. 114: 120:
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David Stove
Theory of evolution
Hardcover
David Stove
theory of evolution
sociobiological
altruism
Encounter Books
Michael Ghiselin
Darwinism
Richard Dawkins
The Selfish Gene
Memes
Darwinian Fairytales
ISBN
9781594032004
the original
Publisher's page
Roger Kimball
J. Franklin
Stove's anti-Darwinism
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evolution
stub
expanding it
v
t
e
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