The Latest on the Best: Essays on Evolution and Optimality

Controversies about optimality models and adaptationist methodologies have animated the discussions of evolutionary theory in recent years. The sociobiologists, following the lead of E. O. Wilson, have argued that if Darwinian natural selection can be reliably expected to produce the best possible type of organism - one that optimizes the value of its genetic contribution to future generations - then evolution becomes a powerfully predictive theory...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262040905
• ISBN13: 9780262040907
• Release Date: August 1987
• Publisher: MIT Press (MA)
• Length: 359 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.