Eternal ephemera adaptation and the Origin of species, from the nineteenth century, through punctuated equilibria and beyond / Niles Eldredge.

Author/creator Eldredge, Niles
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Descriptionxix, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Contents Introduction : approaching adaptation and the Origin of species -- Birth of modern evolutionary theory -- The advent of the modern fauna : on the births and deaths of species, 1801-1831 -- Darwin and the Beagle : experimenting with transmutation, 1831-1836 -- Enter adaptation, and the conflict between isolation and gradual adaptive change, 1836-1859 -- Rebellion and reinvention : the taxic perspective, 1935 -- Species and speciation reconsidered, 1935 -- Punctuated equilibria : speciation and stasis in paleontology, 1968 -- Speciation and adaptation : large-scale patterns in the evolution of life, 1972.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 353-366) and index.
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Technical detailsMode of access: World Wide Web
Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2014022519
ISBN9780231153164 (cloth : alk. paper)

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