RT Article
T1 The Exploration of Ecospace: Extending or Supplementing the Neo-Darwinian Paradigm?
JF Zygon
VO 52
IS 2
SP 561
OP 586
A1 Gregersen, Niels Henrik 1956-
LA English
PB Wiley-Blackwell
YR 2017
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1560492333
AB The neo-Darwinian paradigm, focusing on natural selection of genes responsible for differential adaption, provides the foundation for explaining evolutionary processes. The modern synthesis is broader, however, focusing on organisms rather than on gene transmissions per se. Yet, strands of current biology argue for further supplementation of Darwinian theory, pointing to nonbiotic drivers of evolutionary development, for example, self-organization of physical structures, and the interaction between individual organisms, groups of organisms, and their nonbiotic environments. According to niche construction theory, when organisms and groups develop, they not only adapt to their environments but modify their environments, creating new habitats for later generations. Insofar as ecological niches persist beyond the lifecycle of individual organisms, an ecological inheritance system exists alongside genetic inheritance. Such ecological structures may even facilitate the development of a cultural inheritance system, as we see in humans. The article discusses theological perspectives of such new developments within holistic biology.
K1 co-evolution
K1 complexification
K1 construction theory
K1 exploration of ecospace
K1 internal/external
K1 Neo-darwinism
K1 network causality
K1 niche
K1 Panentheism
K1 the Modern Synthesis
K1 views of God
DO 10.1111/zygo.12344