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The Eagle Bird: Mapping A New West, Dale Goble
Gathering Danger: The Urgent Need To Regulate Toxic Substances That Can Bioaccumulate, Richard L. Williamson Jr.
Gathering Danger: The Urgent Need To Regulate Toxic Substances That Can Bioaccumulate, Richard L. Williamson Jr.
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Where Environmental Law And Biology Meet: Of Pandas' Thumbs, Statutory Sleepers, And Effective Law, William H. Rodgers, Jr.
Where Environmental Law And Biology Meet: Of Pandas' Thumbs, Statutory Sleepers, And Effective Law, William H. Rodgers, Jr.
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The purpose of this article is to introduce some of the recent findings of evolutionary biology to the legal community and to urge their consideration in developing a more effective law. As background, Part II of this article will present a brief evolutionary history of our own species.
Part III offers a primer on Darwin's theory of natural selection and the concept of adaptation, with special attention to the elaboration of altruism as it is known in modern biology. Part IV discusses maladaptation as a counterpoise to adaptation and underscores the notion with some stories from natural history on subjects …