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      Teoria social e biologia: perspectivas e problemas da introdução do conceito de história nas ciências biológicas Translated title: Social Theories and Biology: perspectives and problems of the introduction of the historical concept into biological sciences

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          A teoria da evolução por seleção natural de Charles Darwin, ao relacionar os seres vivos genealogicamente, interpreta as espécies e sua fantástica diversidade como uma história de transformações lentas e graduais. Embora as descobertas de Darwin sejam importantíssimas e continuem a ser corroboradas pelas novas teorias e técnicas da biologia molecular, a teoria (sintética) da evolução é pouco conhecida fora dos círculos acadêmicos. Nesse sentido são de grande relevância as novas abordagens que tentam estabelecer elos consistentes entre a teoria social e a teoria (neo)evolutiva. Para que essa ponte possa tornar-se ainda mais sólida, seria importante derrubar as barreiras que separam o público em geral, e o escolar em particular, da perigosa mensagem de Darwin, que afirma serem nossas capacidades sociais e mentais originadas no reino animal sem interferência alguma de forças especiais.

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          By establishing genealogical relations among living beings, Charles Darwin's theory of evolution through natural selection interprets species and their fantastic diversity as a long history of slow and gradual transformation. Although Darwin's discoveries are of extreme importance and, as a whole, remain scientifically valid, being corroborated by the new theories and techniques emerged from molecular biology, the (synthetic) theory of evolution is little known outside the most academically strict circles. In this sense, there is great relevance in the new approaches that try to establish consistent links between social theory and the (neo)evolutionary theory. In order to reinforce and make this bridge even more feasible, it would be important to knock down the barriers that separate the general public -- students specially -- from Darwin's dangerous message that our social and mental capacities have originated from the animal kingdom without the interference of any special forces.

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                Journal
                hcsm
                História, Ciências, Saúde-Manguinhos
                Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos
                Casa de Oswaldo Cruz, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Rio de Janeiro )
                1678-4758
                December 2001
                : 8
                : 3
                : 633-653
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                [1 ] Fundação Oswaldo Cruz Brazil
                Article
                S0104-59702001000400007
                10.1590/S0104-59702001000400007
                f919d0a6-d152-48a6-8b82-9b145d25ab4b

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                HISTORY & PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE

                Philosophy of science
                History,neo-Darwinism,natural selection,education,história,neodarwinismo,seleção natural,apropriação do conhecimento

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