Neoevolution

That readaptation has involved the incorporation of ideas not given explicit emphasis in neoevolution, the most important of which is systems theory.

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Leslie Alvin White, president of the American Anthropological Association, who is known for his advocacy of the theories on sociocultural evolution and neoevolution during the 1960s wrote, “Evolution may be defined as a temporal sequence of forms—one form grows out of another; culture advances from one stage to another. In this process, time is as integral a factor as change of form."

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Problems with neoevolution and cultural ecology inevitably led to a strong theoretical response both in sociocultural anthropology and archaeology.

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In W. Roux' theory of neoevolution, the “mosaic theory” of development, the ordered structure of the adult organism is projected back upon the egg, each part of which represents the primordium of a corresponding part of the adult.

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