The Structure of Evolutionary Theory

Gould, S. J. (2002). The Structure of Evolutionary Theory. The Belknap Press.

Type

Book

Intellectual base

Review or monograph

Year

2002

Link

https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674006133

Cited from

biology_ecology, linguistics_semiotics

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Primes

• Exaptation
  • Each is the same move — a structure's incidental properties become the platform for a function the structure was never designed to serve, a unifying reading that Gould (2002) develops at length in his treatment of co-option as a major engine of evolutionary and cultural novelty.

    This sourceTreats spandrels and exaptation/co-option at length (esp. ch. 11) as a major engine of evolutionary novelty, underwriting innovation-without-invention and the path dependence of current functions on historically contingent structures.

• Synchronic vs. Diachronic Analysis
  • Gould 2002

    This sourceDevelops co-option at length as a major engine of evolutionary and cultural novelty across substrates, underwriting innovation-without-invention, the path dependence of current functions, and cross-domain transfer of the pattern.

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