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The idea that there is a tendency of organisms towards a progressive increase of complexity of bodily organization was already present before the rise of evolutionism. With the acceptance of evolutionary theories, many naturalists, especially those working with fossils, embraced the occurrence of such a tendency in the evolutionary process. This new way of approaching the idea of progress in nature received various interpretations up to the time of the emergence of the modern evolutionary synthesis, which left little room for the existence of another guiding element of evolution different from the one proposed by Darwin.
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Felipe Faria is professor at the Federal University of Santa Catarina-UFSC(Brazil), where he obtained his degree in Biological Sciences (2003), his Masters degree in Vegetal Biology (2005), his PhD in Humanities (2010) and his post-doctoral training in Philosophy (Epistemology). He s member of the research group Paleoinvertebrates and Ichnofossils of Brazil , within the line of research History of Brazilian Paleontology and geopaleontologicals collections of the National Museum (UFRJ) and also of the group Fritz Müller-Desterro of studies in Philosophy and History of Biology (UFSC). He conduct researchs in History and Philosophy of Science, with emphasis in Philosophy and History of Biology, Paleontology and Geology. He is the author of the book “Georges Cuvier: from the study of fossils to the paleontology (2012). Some of his works are available on the pages of Philosophical Association Scientiae Studiae (http://www.scientiaestudia.org.br/associac/felipefaria/index.asp) and Academia.edu (http://ufsc.academia.edu/ FFaria).
Dr. Felipe Faria
Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia do Maranhão - campus Santa Inês
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This page is a summary of: A revolução darwiniana na paleontologia e a ideia de progresso no processo evolutivo, Scientiae Studia, January 2012, FapUNIFESP (SciELO),
DOI: 10.1590/s1678-31662012000200005.
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