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Evolutionary biology

the view that evolution works like a tinkerer, building new structures by modifying and recombining existing ones rather than designing from scratch.

In evolutionary biology, evolution as tinkering refers to the view that evolution works like a tinkerer, building new structures by modifying and recombining existing ones rather than designing from scratch. This meaning comes from Jacob (1977) in Science.[1]

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  1. Jacob, F. (1977). Evolution and Tinkering. Science, 196(4295), 1161-1166. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.860134

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