The idea that behaviour has played an important role in evolution has had its ups and
downs over the past two centuries. Now it appears to be up once again. Lamarck can claim …

In this essay I consider how biologists understand 'causation'and 'evolutionary process',
drawing attention to some idiosyncrasies in the use of these terms. I suggest that research …

There have been periodic claims that evolutionary biology needs urgent reform, and this
article tries to account for the volume and persistence of this discontent. It is argued that a …

It has long been recognised that phenotypic novelty poses a prima facie problem for
evolutionary theory. For there is a problem in reconciling an incremental conception of …

Evolutionary developmental biology and niche‐construction theory have much in common,
despite independent intellectual origins. Both place emphasis on the role of ontogenetic …

The behavioral phenotype of an organism results from selective processes acting on
variation in behavioral traits during ontogeny (during life span) and phylogeny (across …

Evolutionary theory has made large impacts on our understanding and management of the
world, in part because it has been able to incorporate new data and new insights …

Scientific activities take place within the structured sets of ideas and assumptions that define
a field and its practices. The conceptual framework of evolutionary biology emerged with the …

Does the progress in understanding evolutionary theory depend on the species that is doing
the investigation? This question is difficult to answer scientifically, as we are dealing with an …

The article focuses on the active role of the organism in the subsequent evolution of its
descendants. Choice, control of the environment, adaptability, and mobility all play their part …