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neo-DarwinismTheory of evolution that represents a synthesis of Charles Darwin's theory in terms of natural selection and modern population genetics. The term was first used after 1896 to describe the theories of August Weismann (1834–1914), who asserted that his germ-plasm theory made impossible the inheritance of acquired characteristics and supported natural selection as the only major process that would account for biological evolution. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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David Garland and Martin Wiener both identified the period between the 1890s and the 1920s as one during which this classical Victorian criminal policy was undermined by the social sciences and neo-Darwinism, and replaced with a more "positivist criminology," that stressed environmental and factors beyond the control of the criminal in the decision to commit offences. Darwinism and neo-Darwinism thrive by literally sidelining and trivializing 'heretical' scientific discoveries capable of invalidating it. In this stellar work, Gould, who died recently, explains 19th-century Darwinism, and the neo-Darwinism that has evolved during the past 50 years or so. |
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