For the last 70 years, the dominant paradigm in evolutionary science has been the so-called “new synthesis.” Widely publicized in recent years by Oxford evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins, the new synthesis unites Darwin’s theory of natural selection with Mendelian genetics, which explains heredity.
在过去70年中，进化论科学的主流范式是所谓的“新综合”（new synthesis）。牛津大学进化生物学家理查德·道金斯（Richard Dawkins）近年来做了大量推广新综合范式的工作。新综合范式将他的自然选择理论与孟德尔遗传理论结合了起来。