What Peter Kropotkin thinks about evolutionary biology
Russian anarchist political philosopher and geographer (1842 to 1921), a proponent of anarchist communism; lived in exile in England from 1886 to 1917; author of Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902).
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Their wordsBut if the evolution of the animal world were based exclusively, or even chiefly, upon the survival of the fittest during periods of calamities; if natural selection were limited in its action to periods of exceptional drought, or sudden changes of temperature, or inundations, retrogression would be the rule in the animal world.
↗Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902)gutenberg.org All 17 from this book
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Their wordsHappily enough, competition is not the rule either in the animal world or in mankind. It is limited among animals to exceptional periods, and natural selection finds better fields for its activity.
↗Mutual Aid: A Factor of Evolution (1902)gutenberg.org All 17 from this book
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