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Allopatric Speciation in the Genus Homo

Allopatric Speciation in the Genus Homo

The uniformitarian principle applies above all to catastrophism

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Jun 03, 2022
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Sooner or later you may find out that subspecies are recognized by systematic biologists in many thousands of species. In fact, the standard theory of speciation is allopatric speciation. This theory of speciation was what economists call a “folk theorem” before Mayr used it systematically to clear up a lot of muddle in many genera in his work (1942, 19…

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