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For Alfred Russel Wallace, Natural Selection Opened the Door to Teleology 8/14/18 While natural selection was Darwin’s naturalistic drive train, Wallace found that natural selection opened the door to teleology. Where utility failed, teleology entered. The exaggerated forms that Wallace alluded to in his 1856 essay on the orangutan and the wonderful colors and plumage … Lewis Thomas (revisited): 90K (2)
