In 1893, the German zoologist Wilhelm Haacke published Design and Inheritance. In it, Haacke introduced the concept of orthogenesis. According to Haacke, changes in organisms are directed toward perfection.
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Works Cited
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Big Think. “Bill Nye: Teaching Evolution? Think Thriller. | Big Think.” YouTube, 5 Dec. 2012, www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXdUTJqI7u8.
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Chardin, Pierre Teilhard de. The Phenomenon of Man With an Introduction by Sir Julian Huxley. Harpertorch, 1961.
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Evolution on Rails: Mechanisms and Levels of Orthogenesis. www.researchgate.net/publication/313077680_Evolution_on_rails_Mechanisms_and_levels_of_orthogenesis. Accessed 15 Oct. 2022.
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Lumen Christi Institute. “What Evolution Does and Does Not Tell Us About Humans, With Simon Conway Morris.” YouTube, 24 June 2020, www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDBjTSQSYTc.
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Wikipedia contributors. “Wilhelm Haacke.” Wikipedia, 1 May 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelm_Haacke.
Music in this Episode
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Whimsy Groove by Kevin MacLeod, Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4623-whimsy-groove, License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license, Artist website: https://incompetech.com
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Monkoto by Kevin MacLeod, Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4072-monkoto, License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license, Artist website: https://incompetech.com
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The Fairytale by Agnese Valmaggia, Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/6372-the-fairytale, License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license, Artist website: https://soundcloud.com/user-801147991
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Night Cave by Kevin MacLeod, Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/4126-night-cave, License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license, Artist website: https://incompetech.com
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Crescendo by Alexander Nakarada, Free download: https://filmmusic.io/song/8241-crescendo, License (CC BY 4.0): https://filmmusic.io/standard-license, Artist website: https://www.serpentsoundstudios.com/
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