ABSTRACT
A scientific revolution of enormous scope has been erupting with increasing force at the interface of the social and the biological sciences under the aegis of Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection and the science of population genetics. Darwin is credited with the paternity of this revolution in biology, though what is conveniently termed Darwinian theory really comprises contributions by a variety of scholars working into our own time in such areas as geology, botany, zoology, biogeography, entomology, and of course genetics, among many others. Darwin further remarked that in climate, geology, and conditions of life, the Galapagos and the South American coast diverged considerably. Dawkins rightly argues that the focus on isolation and punctuation as factors of evolution has long been an integral part of neo-Darwinian theory. Darwin's later and much fuller discussion of sexual selection was eventually the proper catalyst for the more recent theoretical developments on the topic.
