Still others, including the American paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope and Alpheus Hyatt, had an idealist perspective and felt that nature, including the development of life, followed orderly patterns that natural selection could not explain.
E outros, como os paleontólogos norteamericanos Edward Drinker Cope e Alpheus Hyatt, tiñan unha perspectiva idealizada e sentían que a natureza, incluída o desenvolvemento da vida, seguía padróns ordenados que a selección natural non podía explicar.