A new paradigm for the conquest of land by vertebrates that includes exaptations / by Mauro Luís Triques, Martin Lindsey Christoffersen.

Author/creator Triques, Mauro Luís
Other author Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey.
Format Electronic
Publication InfoBoston, Massachusetts : Brill, [2024]
Descriptionxviii, 222 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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Uniform titlePeixes conquistam a terra firme. English
Abstract "A new vision for studying and understanding biological evolution emerges when the concepts of phylogenetic systematics and exaptation are combined, and also a new definition of macroevolution is created. Preadaptation is shown to be null and its comparison with exaptation is shown to be inappropriate. This book criticizes the prevailing view, the adaptationist, microevolutionary outlook, as being the exclusive or main evolutionary process responsible for vertebrates to have occupied the terrestrial environment. The authors argue that the macroevolutionary processes are significantly more important to explain an improbable evolutionary event and that their research shows that macroevolutionary processes are the dominant factors involved in the origin of terrestriality. This book is a revised and expanded English translation from the original Portuguese edition Peixes conquistam a terra firme: nova abordagem para um evento acidental único (Editora Baraúna in 2017)"-- Provided by publisher.
General noteThis book is a revised and expanded English translation from the original Portuguese edition Peixes conquistam a terra firme: nova abordagem para um evento acidental único, published by Editora Baraúna in 2017.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages 217-228) and index.
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Genre/formElectronic books.
LCCN 2023046473
ISBN9789004684751 (hardback)
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