Does the Darwinian theory of evolution belong only to Biologists? Implications of the biological evolution for social sciences
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The Darwinian theory of evolution has become the current paradigm in the biological sciences since the formulation of the synthetic theory in the 1930s and 1940s. However, the scope of the Darwinian theory has impacted areas of knowledge that go far beyond biology. The aim of this article is to make a raid on the historical relationship between evolutionary theory and social sciences. From that historical perspective, a discussion is promoted on the role of biologists in this dialogue, both in academic and social spheres.
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