Aaby, Bendik (2020) The ecological dimension of natural selection. In: UNSPECIFIED.

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In this paper I argue that we should pay extra attention to the ecological dimension of natural selection. By this I mean that we should view natural selection primarily as acting on the outcomes of the interactions organisms have with their environment which influences their relative reproductive output. A consequence of this view is that natural selection is not (directly) sensitive to what system of inheritance which ensures reoccurrences of organism-environment interactions over generations. I end by showing the consequences of this view when looking at how processes like niche construction and the Baldwin effect relate to natural selection.

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Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item (UNSPECIFIED)
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID Aaby, Bendik bendik.h.aaby@gmail.com 0000-0003-2911-1305
Keywords:	natural selection; niche construction; Baldwin effect; behavior; ecology
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
Depositing User:	Mr. Bendik Hellem Aaby
Date Deposited:	01 Dec 2020 06:05
Last Modified:	01 Dec 2020 06:05
Item ID:	18468
Subjects:	Specific Sciences > Biology > Evolutionary Theory
Date:	29 October 2020
URI:	https://philsci-archive.pitt.edu/id/eprint/18468

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