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. 2019 Dec;52(4):519-535.
doi: 10.1007/s10739-019-09569-2.

The Modern Synthesis: Theoretical or Institutional Event?

Jean Gayon  1 , Philippe Huneman  2
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The Modern Synthesis: Theoretical or Institutional Event?

Jean Gayon et al. J Hist Biol. 2019 Dec.

Abstract

This paper surveys questions about the nature of the Modern Synthesis as a historical event : was it rather theoretical than institutional? When and where did it actually happen? Who was involved? It argues that all answers to these questions are interrelated, and that systematic sets of answers define specific perspectives on the Modern Synthesis that are all complementary.

Keywords: Evolutionary biology; Modern synthesis; Paradigm; Theory.

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