Veit, WalterGascoigne, Samuel J.L.Salguero-Gómez, Roberto2025-04-172025-04-172025-09Veit, W, Gascoigne, S J L & Salguero-Gómez, R 2025, 'Evolution, Complexity, and Life History Theory', Biological Theory, vol. 20, no. 3, pp. 212-221. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13752-024-00487-z1555-5542ORCID: /0000-0002-2984-1810/work/182641661https://hdl.handle.net/2164/25332We would like to thank Dan McShea and other anonymous reviewers for feedback on our paper. We would also like to thank the audience at the Paradox of the Organism conference at Georgetown University. Walter Veit was supported by an Open Philanthropy grant.10816999engBiological complexityEntropyEvolutionary trendsFitnessGoal directednessLife history complexityLife history theoryOptimalityTeleonomyQH301 BiologyEcology, Evolution, Behavior and SystematicsHistory and Philosophy of ScienceSupplementary DataDASQH301Journal article10.1007/s13752-024-00487-zhttps://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85217217940