Orthogenesis
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title:
Orthogenesis
text:
Orthogenesis, also known as orthogenetic evolution, progressive evolution, evolutionary progress, or progressionism, is an obsolete biological hypothesis that organisms have an innate tendency to evolve in a definite direction towards some goal (teleology) due to some internal mechanism or "driving force". According to the theory, the largest-scale trends in evolution have an absolute goal such as increasing biological complexity. Prominent historical figures who have championed some form of evo
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encyclopedia
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Hypothesis that organisms have an innate tendency to evolve towards some goal
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Orthogenesis
date created:
2004-10-13T01:34:17Z
date modified:
2024-09-07T08:26:31Z
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