Maynard Smith was a proponent

Adaptationism is the view that all or most traits are adaptations. The idea is somewhat controversial with opponents such as Richard Lewontin and Stephen J. Gould subtleties in evolutionary biology, and proponents such as John Maynard Smith, W.D. Hamilton and Richard Dawkins . John Maynard Smith. ... John Maynard Smith. ... In biology, a trait or character is a genetically inherited feature of an organism. ... The eye is an adaptation. ... Richard Charles Dick Lewontin (born March 29, 1929) is an American evolutionary biologist, geneticist and social commentator. ... Stephen Jay Gould Stephen Jay Gould (September 10, 1941 – May 20, 2002) was a New York-born American paleontologist, evolutionary biologist, and historian of science. ... John Maynard Smith Professor John Maynard Smith, F.R.S. (6 January 1920 – 19 April 2004) was a British evolutionary biologist and geneticist. ... This article is about the British biologist Bill Hamilton. ... Dawkins is the holder of the Charles Simonyi Chair in the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford. ...

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