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Why Is Darwin’s Idea So Revolutionary? Richard Dawkins Lecture on Natural Selection and More

The Poetry of Reality with Richard Dawkins

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The Primacy of Natural Selection in Explaining Adaptation

This chapter explores the dominant role of natural selection in explaining adaptation within evolution. It critiques alternative theories and emphasizes the clarity and elegance of Darwinian principles as the most comprehensive account of complexity in nature.

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