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A study is made of the general principles and theories pertaining to evolution, among which the definition, the evidences, the philosophical roots (the origin of life, the scale of nature, the morphogenetic potentialities), the three models (the Lamarckian, the Darwinistic and an alterative), and a further development of the last-mentioned model.
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Van Der Hammen, L. Unfoldment and manifestation: The natural philosphy of evolution. Acta Biotheor 32, 179–193 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00047491
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