“Contingency and Determinism in Replicated Adaptive Radiations of Island Lizards”

The next meeting of the semester for the Philosophy of Biology reading group will be Tuesday Sept. 26 at 7:30 in the Philosophy Department lounge We will discuss Losos, J. et al (1998) “Contingency and Determinism in Replicated Adaptive Radiations of Island Lizards” Science 279(5359): 2115-2118, and Travisano, M. et al (1995) “Experimental Tests of the Roles of Adaptation, Chances, and History in Evolution” Science 267(5194): 87-90.