Demons in Eden: The Paradox of Plant Diversity - Jonathan Silvertown - Google Books

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At the heart of evolution lies a bewildering paradox. Natural selection favors above all the individual that leaves the most offspring—a superorganism of sorts that Jonathan Silvertown here calls the "Darwinian demon." But if such a demon existed, this…