Biologys First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems McShea Daniel W
Biologys First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems McShea Daniel W Life on earth is characterized by three striking phenomena that demand explanation:…
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Biologys First Law: The Tendency for Diversity and Complexity to Increase in Evolutionary Systems McShea Daniel W
Life on earth is characterized by three striking phenomena that demand explanation: adaptation-the marvelous fit between organism and environment; diversity-the great variety of organisms; and complexity-the enormous intricacy of their internal structure. But what explains diversity and complexity? Daniel W. Natural selection explains adaptation.
Brandon argue that there exists in evolution a spontaneous tendency toward increased diversity and complexity, one that acts whether natural selection is present or not. McShea and Robert N. They call this tendency a biological law-the Zero-Force Evolutionary Law, or ZFEL.
This law unifies the principles and data of biology under a single framework and invites a reconceptualization of the field of the same sort that Newton's First Law brought to physics.Biology's First Law shows how the ZFEL can be applied to