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

Title
Eternal ephemera [electronic resource] : adaptation and the Origin of species, from the nineteenth century, through punctuated equilibria and beyond / Niles Eldredge.
Author
Eldredge, Niles.
Publication
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]

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Description
1 online resource (xix, 376 pages) : illustrations.
Uniform Title
Eternal ephemera (Online)
Alternative Title
Eternal ephemera (Online)
Subject
  • Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882
  • Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution)
  • Evolution (Biology) > Philosophy
  • Emergence (Philosophy)
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-366) and index.
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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.
LCCN
2014022519
OCLC
ssj0001421071
Author
Eldredge, Niles.
Title
Eternal ephemera [electronic resource] : adaptation and the Origin of species, from the nineteenth century, through punctuated equilibria and beyond / Niles Eldredge.
Imprint
New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-366) and index.
Access
Access restricted to authorized users.
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