The problem of constraints on variation, from Darwin to the present

Igor Popov

Resumen


The real number of variations is lesser than expected one. There are no blue-eyed Drosophila, no viviparous birds or turtles, no hexapod mammals, etc. Such observations provoke non-Darwinian evolutionary concepts. Darwin tried rather unsuccessfully to solve the problem of the contradictions between his model of random variability and the existence of constraints. He tried to hide this complication citing abundant facts on other phenomena. The authors of the modern versions of Darwinism followed this strategy, allowing the question to persist.

Key words. Constraints, variation, evolution, parallelisms, selection, orthogenesis, Darwinism, adaptation, heresies, evolution

 


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