Editing Gerald Edelman (section)

==Evolution theory==
Edelman and Gally were the first to point out the pervasiveness of [[Degeneracy (biology)|degeneracy]] in biological systems and the fundamental role that degeneracy plays in facilitating evolution.<ref name="Edelman and Gally">{{cite journal |  author = Edelman and Gally | title =  Degeneracy and complexity in biological systems |  journal = Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA | year = 2001 | volume = 98 | issue = 24 | pages = 13763–13768  | doi=10.1073/pnas.231499798| pmid =  11698650 |bibcode = 2001PNAS...9813763E |pmc = 61115| doi-access = free }}</ref>

===Later career===
[[File:Professor Gerald M. Edelman (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Edelman in 2010]]
Edelman founded and directed [[The Neurosciences Institute]], a nonprofit research center in [[San Diego]] that between 1993 and 2012 studied the biological bases of higher brain function in humans. He served on the scientific board of the World Knowledge Dialogue project.<ref name="WKD">
{{cite web |url=http://www.wkdialogue.org/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060615035525/http://www.wkdialogue.org/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=June 15, 2006 |title=World Knowledge Dialogue |access-date=October 12, 2007}}</ref>

Edelman was a member of the [[USA Science and Engineering Festival]]'s advisory board.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors |title=Advisors |access-date=February 23, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100421005310/http://www.usasciencefestival.org/about/advisors/ |archive-date=April 21, 2010 }}</ref>