Court jester hypothesis
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Court jester hypothesis
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The court jester hypothesis is used in reference to the idea that abiotic forces, rather than biotic competition between species, function as a major driving force behind the processes in evolution which produce speciation. In evolutionary theory, the court-jester hypothesis contrasts the Red Queen hypothesis. The term "Court Jester hypothesis" was coined by Anthony Barnosky in 1999 in allusion to the Red Queen hypothesis. In a 2001 paper on the subject, Barnosky uses the term without citation,
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Hypothesis in evolutionary biology
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Court_jester_hypothesis
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2023-01-31T09:55:20Z
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