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Mark Vellend, "Everything Evolves: Why Evolution Explains More than We Think, from Proteins to Politics" (Princeton UP, 2025)

New Books in Science, Technology, and Society

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Adaptive Evolution: Does It Reach Optima?

Gregory asks about adaptive evolution and optimality; Mark explains adaptive change, constraints, and local versus global optima.

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