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origin of neo-Darwinism  

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  • What is the theoretical framework of modern biology? If we would question a professional biologist, or even an eager reader of popular books on biology, we would await the answer: Darwinism, that is, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection. But this answer is not entirely precise. [Source: Encyclopedia of Anthropology; Neo-Darwinism, Origin of]

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