Language Evolution, Symbolic Cognition, Language Acquisition, Brain Development, Origin of the Human Mind | Terrence Deacon | 20
Mind & Matter
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Baldwinian Evolution and its Relationship to Lamarckian and Darwinian Evolution
Baldwinian evolution challenges the traditional Lamarckian and Darwinian views of evolution by proposing that a flexible, plastic way of behaving can lead to adaptation to environmental changes. This idea was developed in response to the debates between Lamarckian evolution (acquired characters being passed on) and the Darwinian view that learned traits are only passed on culturally or behaviorally, not genetically. Baldwinian evolution suggests a Darwinian process that produces Lamarckian effects, allowing for adaptation to environmental changes through flexibility and adaptability.
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