Intelligent without design

• Autores: Kate Douglas
• Localización: New scientist, ISSN 0262-4079, Nº. 3066, 2016, págs. 34-35
• Idioma: inglés
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• Resumen

  • Douglas reports evolution's random workings that have a lot in common with that most elegant problem solver, the human brain. Despite its huge reach, the theory of evolution is simple. It rests on three pillars: variation, selection and inheritance. Variation stems from random genetic mutations, which create genetically distinct individuals. Natural selection favors "fitter" individuals, with those better suited than others to a particular environment prospering and producing the most offspring. Inheritance means that these well-adapted individuals pass their characteristics down the generations. All this eventually leads to new adaptations and new species