Research Catalog

Title

Evolution : an evolving theory / Charles Devillers, Jean Chaline.

Author

Devillers, Ch.

Publication

Berlin ; New York : Springer-Verlag, ©1993.

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Details

Additional Authors

Chaline, Jean.

Description

xiv, 251 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Uniform Title

Théorie de l'évolution. English

Alternative Title

Théorie de l'évolution.

Subject

• Evolution (Biology)
• Evolution
• Evolutionstheorie
• Hominisation

Note

• Translation of: La théorie de l'évolution.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [209]-219) and index.

Contents

The Theory of Evolution -- The 19th Century Concepts -- pt. I. Biological Evolution -- 1. What Is Biological Evolution? -- 2. The Modern Theory of Evolution: The Synthetic Theory -- pt. II. The Message of Nature Today -- The Evolutionary Mechanisms -- 3. Genetic Material and Programmes -- 4. From Egg to Adult: Development -- 5. Adaptation: The Driving Force or a Result of Evolution? -- 6. A First Resume: Organisms, Selection, and Adaptation -- pt. III. The Message of Fossils from the Palaeontological Record -- 7. The Formation of Species -- 8. The Historical Framework of Evolution -- 9. The Species in the Course of Geological Time -- 10. From Species to Body Plans -- 11. Is Evolution Continuous or Discontinuous? -- 12. Is Evolution Predictable? -- 13. A Second Resume: From Speciation to the Formation of the Major Body Plans -- pt. IV. A New Approach to Human Evolution -- 14. A Particular Type of Evolution -- Human Evolution -- pt. V. The Future of the Theory of Evolution -- 15. What Will Become of the Theory of Evolution in the Year 2000? -- 16. Epilogue: What Has Become of the History of the Giraffe and Its Neck?

ISBN

• 354054674X
• 9783540546740
• 038754674X
• 9780387546742

LCCN

93008408

OCLC

• ocm28147226
• 28147226
• SCSB-2003026

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library