Rehkämper G
C. und O. Vogt Institut für Hirnforschung, Heinrich Heine Universität, Düsseldorf.
Sudhoffs Arch. 1997;81(2):171-92.
It is argued that Darwin's concept of evolutionary change is primarily based on the idea of functional adaptation. Genealogical aspects are seen as a secondary consequence of this hypothesis. Unfortunately, the reception of Darwin's work was concentrated on the genealogical aspects from the very beginning (Huxley, Haeckel) and thus channeled future development of evolutionary morphology in a very one-sided way. This direction of development led to the adoption of cladism as a very sophisticated concept of comparative morphology. Though cladism claims to contribute to our understanding of evolution, it is demonstrated that it suffers in this regard because of the incompatibility of "pure morphology" with the demands of functional thinking as an integrative part of Darwin's proposition.
有人认为，达尔文的进化变革概念主要基于功能适应的理念。谱系方面被视为这一假设的次要结果。不幸的是，从一开始，对达尔文著作的接受就集中在谱系方面（赫胥黎、海克尔），从而以一种非常片面的方式引导了进化形态学的未来发展。这种发展方向导致了支序分类学作为一种非常复杂的比较形态学概念的采用。尽管支序分类学声称有助于我们对进化的理解，但事实表明，由于“纯粹形态学”与作为达尔文命题一部分的功能思维要求不相容，它在这方面存在缺陷。
