Abstract
The Evolutionary Theory is, without a doubt, the paradigm that structures and makes up modern biology. Ever since Darwin proposed in 1859 the process of natural selection as the causal mechanism of the biological evolution, the theory has been enriched by several contributions of different branches of biology. Nevertheless, the development of this theory has not been unidirectional, because in the last 150 years the original Darwinism has gone through moments of intense crisis. The objective of this work is to present a review of the main discussions raised in the last three decades between different trends of evolutionary biology.
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Massarini, A. (2000). Contemporary Controversies Within the Framework of the Evolutionary Theory. In: Chela-Flores, J., Lemarchand, G.A., Oró, J. (eds) Astrobiology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4313-4_10
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