Moreover, Mayr declared that the development of many new species is what leads to evolutionary progress. "Without speciation, there would be no diversification of the organic world, no adaptive ...

A recent study at Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI) at Institute of Science Tokyo has developed a theoretical model that uncovers the dual role of polyploidy—organisms carrying extra genome ...

Most importantly, evolution does not progress toward an ultimate or proximate goal (Gould 1989). Evolution is not "going somewhere"; it just describes changes in inherited traits over time.

His protest against the misuse of ‘evolutionary’ in the study of technical development is salutary. The Progress of Man: a Short Survey of his Evolution, his Customs and his Works.

While polyploidy provides genetic redundancy by allowing mutations without affecting survival, it can also slow evolutionary progress by diluting beneficial mutations. This paradox has intrigued ...

Human evolution, traditionally driven by natural selection, may have reached a point where technological and medical advancements are interfering with the age-old processes that shaped our species.