And that is how evolutionary changes occur.
"The problem is basically a very limited understanding of how evolutionary biology applies to people," he said.
Wilson ends his chapter on morality with some ideas as to how evolutionary theory can inform our moral understanding.
Some of the reluctance to accept an evolutionary viewpoint is based on misconceptions about how evolutionary models are tested.
The intelligent design proponents have missed the point: evolutionary science is interested in how evolutionary change takes place, not who started the process.
Oddly, most of the book has nothing to do with the Binghamton Neighborhood Project, but rather with Wilson's vision of how evolutionary biology can change the world.
How evolutionary this sounds to modern ears!
Taken together, they illustrate how evolutionary principles can be explained in an accessible and clinically relevant manner, and how evolutionary biology contributes to the understanding of disease.
Medical students have much to gain by understanding how evolutionary principles affect human health and disease.
Students will be able to describe how evolutionary processes can affect antibiotic/antiviral resistance.
Students, then, could engage in a deeper synthesis of how evolutionary processes occur.
