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(2014) Human extension, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan.
Chapter 4 outlines a scenario where evolution can be "ended" in at least one major sphere of knowledge. Sandstrom challenges evolutionists to take their theory to its logical conclusion when evolution could become something other than itself. This move makes it possible to shrink the exaggeration of universal evolutionism and creates space for new ideas and discussions about change-over-time in communities, societies and nations. The chapter discusses the validity of a counter-narrative to evolution — Human Extension — that highlights human choices and actions, thus looking forward to new concepts rather than backwards to 19th-century Darwinian ideas. An abstract example closes the chapter by showing how peace-making is a non-evolutionary process that requires the extension of goodwill and purposeful collaboration with partners.
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Sandstrom, G. (2014). Ending human evolution with human extension, in Human extension, Basingstoke, Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 53-69.
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