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On the nature of the evolutionary process: The correspondence between Theodosius Dobzhansky and John C. Greene

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This is the correspondence (1959–1969), on the nature of the evolutionary process, between the biologist Theodosius Dobzhansky and the historian John C. Greene.

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Greene, J.C., Ruse, M. On the nature of the evolutionary process: The correspondence between Theodosius Dobzhansky and John C. Greene. Biol Philos 11, 445–491 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00138328

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