''Darwinian Fairytales'' is a 1995 book by the philosopher David Stove, in which the author criticizes application of the theory of evolution as an explanation for sociobiological behavior such as altruism. The book was originally published by Avebury in 1995 and republished by

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in 2006.

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Criticism of the book has come from the biologist

Michael Ghiselin Michael T. Ghiselin (born May 13, 1939) is an American biologist and philosopher as well as historian of biology, formerly at the California Academy of Sciences. He is known for his work on sea slugs, and for his criticism of the falsification of ...

: :"Much of what he says is completely wrong. According to his version, organisms invariably reproduce as much as possible. And yet, contrary to what he says, there is nothing contrary to the theory as it is taught to undergraduate biology students, when older males prevents younger ones from getting access to females. It is straight-forward consequence of competition for a finite number of mates. Nor does there exist, as he claims, any contradiction in the fact that organisms defer reproduction until they reach a certain age and size; they are accumulating capital."Ghiselin, Michael T. (1998). ''Darwinian fairytales by David Stove''. History and Philosophy of the Life Sciences. Vol. 20, No. 1. pp. 108-110.

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Publisher's page
with introduction by

Roger Kimball Roger Kimball (born 1953) is an American art critic and conservative social commentator. He is the editor and publisher of ''The New Criterion'' and the publisher of Encounter Books. Kimball first gained notice in the early 1990s with the public ...

* J. Franklin
Stove's anti-Darwinism
1995 non-fiction books Books about Charles Darwin Books about evolution Books by David Stove English-language books {{evolution-book-stub

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