I regularly face the problem of wanting to refer to the process of selection acting on random mutations by some simple term. Clearly the term “evolution” won’t do—since that term is already taken by a definition which fails to exclude processes such as intelligent design by genetic engineers. Probably the single best solution I have come up with is “primitive evolution”.
I regularly face the problem of wanting to refer to the process of selection acting on random mutations by some simple term. Clearly the term “evolution” won’t do—since that term is already taken by a definition which fails to exclude processes such as intelligent design by genetic engineers. Probably the single best solution I have come up with is “primitive evolution”.