Emergent evolution was revived by Robert G. B. Reid  ,  a biology professor at the University of Victoria  . In his book Evolutionary Theory: The Unfinished Synthesis (1985), he stated that the modern evolutionary synthesis with its emphasis on natural selection is an incomplete picture of evolution, and emergent evolution can explain the origin of genetic variation.Williams, Mary B. (1986). Evolutionary Theory: The Unfinished Synthesis by Robert G. B. Reid. The Quarterly Review of Biology. Vol. 61, No. 2, p. 266.Cornell, John F. (1987). Evolutionary Theory: The Unfinished Synthesis by Robert G. B. Reid. Journal of the History of Biology. Vol. 20, No. 3. pp. 424-425. Biologist Ernst Mayr heavily criticized the book claiming it was a misinformed attack on natural selection. Mayr commented that Reid was working from an "obsolete conceptual framework", provided no solid evidence and that he was arguing for a teleological process of evolution.Mayr, Ernst. (1986). Evolutionary Theory: The Unfinished Synthesis by Robert G. B. Reid. Isis. Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 358-359.
Emergent evolution was revived by Robert G. B. Reid (March 20, 1939 - May 28 , 2016), a biology professor at the University of Victoria (in British Columbia, Canada) . In his book Evolutionary Theory: The Unfinished Synthesis (1985), he stated that the modern evolutionary synthesis with its emphasis on natural selection is an incomplete picture of evolution, and emergent evolution can explain the origin of genetic variation.Williams, Mary B. (1986). Evolutionary Theory: The Unfinished Synthesis by Robert G. B. Reid. The Quarterly Review of Biology. Vol. 61, No. 2, p. 266.Cornell, John F. (1987). Evolutionary Theory: The Unfinished Synthesis by Robert G. B. Reid. Journal of the History of Biology. Vol. 20, No. 3. pp. 424-425. Biologist Ernst Mayr heavily criticized the book claiming it was a misinformed attack on natural selection. Mayr commented that Reid was working from an "obsolete conceptual framework", provided no solid evidence and that he was arguing for a teleological process of evolution.Mayr, Ernst. (1986). Evolutionary Theory: The Unfinished Synthesis by Robert G. B. Reid. Isis. Vol. 77, No. 2, pp. 358-359.
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