Common ancestry and natural selection

British Journal for the Philosophy of Science

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 423-437

  Sober, Elliott ^a   Orzack, Steven Hecht ^b  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Fresh Pond Research Institute Cambridge   (United States)

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EID: 3843107788     PISSN: 00070882     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjps/54.3.423     Document Type: Review

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