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It Had to Happen (a review of Simon Conway Morris’s Life’s Solution in a Lonely Universe).
The New York Times:18 (2003)
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Conway Morris argues against Stephen Jay Gould's argument that the history of life is radically contingent by describing the abundance of convergences, wherein different lineages starting in different states, arrive at the same adaptations. A standard example is the evolution of the camera eye. This review assesses the validity of Conway Morris' argument.Author's Profile
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