RETENTION ON BACKGROUND OF CHANGE. “To most minds evolution is a steady progression of change, but what ultimately marks vestiges and other ‘holdover’ phenomena is a distinct lack of change. George Williams pointed out that adaptationist stories “are not about evolution so much as about its absence” in the sense that adaptations represent static retention of features because stabilizing selection culls less optimal forms.”
https://evolution-outreach.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s12052-014-0012-5
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Nigel Fleming
September 21, 2022