Eternal Ephemera : : Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond /

Eternal Ephemera : : Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond / / Niles Eldredge.

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All organisms and species are transitory, yet life endures. The origin, extinction, and evolution of species-interconnected in the web of life as "eternal ephemera"-are the concern of evolutionary biology. In this riveting work, renowned paleontologist Niles Eldredge follows leading thinke...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015
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Eldredge, Niles,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [2015]
©2015
Year of Publication:2015
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (416 p.) :; 18 b&w illustrations
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • INTRODUCTION
  • I. Birth of Modern Evolutionary Theory
  • 1. The Advent of the Modern Fauna
  • 2. Darwin and the Beagle
  • 3. Enter Adaptation and the Conflict Between Isolation and Gradual Adaptive Change, 1836-1859
  • Part II. Rebellion and Reinvention: The Taxic Perspective, 1935-
  • 4. Species and Speciation Reconsidered, 1935-
  • 5. Punctuated Equilibria
  • 6. Speciation and Adaptation
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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