Adaptationist Explanations

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 20 (2):193 (1989)
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Adaptation and Evolutionary Theory.Robert N. Brandon - 1978 - Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part A 9 (3):181.
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