The Natural History Reader in Evolution / / ed. by Niles Eldredge.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Columbia University Press eBook-Package Archive 1898-1999
• MitwirkendeR: Alexander, Richard D.,; Beer, Gavin de,; Benton, Michael J.,; Colbert, Edwin H.,; Collias, Nicholas E.,; Cook, Robert E.,; Delgourt, Hazel R.,; Delgourt, Paul A.,; Eldredge, Michelle J.,; Eldredge, Niles,; Emmel, Thomas C.,; Galston, Arthur W.,; Godfrey, Laurie R.,; Gould, Stephen Jay,; Grant, Nicola,; Grant, Peter R.,; Hanken, James,; Kaneshiro, Kenneth Y.,; Landman, Neil H.,; Lynch, James F.,; Mulcahy, David L.,; Newell, Norman D.,; Ohta, Alan T.,; Sanders, Howard L.,; Smith, John Maynard,; Thompson, Keith S.,; Vuilleumier, François,; Wake, David B.,; Waller, Donald M.,; Wiens, John A.,
• HerausgeberIn: Eldredge, Niles,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : Columbia University Press, , [1987]; ©1987
• Year of Publication: 1987
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (236 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; Contents --; Original Publication Dates of Articles in Natural History Magazine --; Evolution and Natural History --; Part 1. Darwin’s Heritage: Adaptation and Natural Selection --; Introduction --; 1. Darwin’s Origin Today --; 2. Adaptation on the Wing --; 3. Rise of the Angiosperms --; 4. Jewelweeds Sexual Skills --; 5. Toxic Tailings and Tolerant Grass --; Part 2. The Evolution Of Species --; 6. The Origin of a Species --; 7. The Flies Fan Out --; 8 .A Trilobite Odyssey --; Part 3. Ecology, Behavior, and Evolution --; 9. Competition or Peaceful Coexistence? --; 10. The Evolution of Cricket Chirps --; 11. Evolution of Nest Building --; Part 4. Biogeography and Evolution --; 12. Salamander Invasion of the Tropics --; 13. The Origin of High Andean Birds --; 14. Antarctic Fossils and the Reconstruction of Gondwanaland --; 15. An Extravagance of Species --; 16. The Elusive Eureka --; Part 5. Living Fossils --; 17. New Light on the Crustaceans --; 18. Secrets of the Coelacanth --; 19. A Living Fossil --; 20. Survivors from the Good Old, Old, Old Days --; Part 6. Extinction --; 21. The Misnamed, Mistreated, and Misunderstood Irish Elk --; 22. Ice Age Haven for Hardwoods --; 23. Not To Be or To Be? --; 24. Dinosaurs' Lucky Break --; Part 7. Evolution and Social Issues --; 25. Evolution Under Attack --; 26. The Flood of Antievolutionism --; 27. Science and Myth --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9780231886987; 9783110442489
• DOI: 10.7312/eldr92092
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Niles Eldredge.

Studies evolution by looking at data and observations of organisms in nature from ecologists, anatomists, behaviorists, and paleontologists.