Insight overview: natural selection 150 years on

Pagel, M. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7287-8865 (2009) Insight overview: natural selection 150 years on. Nature, 457 (7231). pp. 808-811. ISSN 0028-0836 doi: 10.1038/nature07889

Abstract/Summary

The theory of evolution by natural selection has prospered in its first 150 years and provides a consistent account of species as highly adapted and rare survivors in the struggle for existence. It now faces the challenge of finding order in the evolution of complex systems, including human society.