| Unfinished Synthesis: Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought Contributor(s): Eldredge, Niles (Author) |
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ISBN: 0195036336 ISBN-13: 9780195036336 Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA OUR PRICE: $147.25 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: November 1985 Annotation: This study provides a stimulating critique of contemporary evolutionary thought, analyzing the Modern Synthesis first developed by Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, and George Gaylord Simpson. The author argues that although only genes and organisms are taken as historic "individuals" in conventional theory, species, higher taxa, and ecological entities such as populations and communities should also be construed as individuals--an approach that yields the ecological and genealogical hierarchies that interact to produce evolution. This clearly stated, controversial work will provoke much debate among evolutionary biologists, systematists, paleontologists, and ecologists, as well as a wide range of educated lay readers. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution - Science | Life Sciences - Biology - Science | Paleontology |
| Dewey: 575 |
| LCCN: 85005008 |
| Physical Information: 0.89" H x 6.3" W x 9.36" (1.19 lbs) 256 pages |
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| Publisher Description: This study provides a stimulating critique of contemporary evolutionary thought, analyzing the Modern Synthesis first developed by Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, and George Gaylord Simpson. The author argues that although only genes and organisms are taken as historic individuals in conventional theory, species, higher taxa, and ecological entities such as populations and communities should also be construed as individuals--an approach that yields the ecological and genealogical hierarchies that interact to produce evolution. This clearly stated, controversial work will provoke much debate among evolutionary biologists, systematists, paleontologists, and ecologists, as well as a wide range of educated lay readers. |