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Additional Physical Format: | Erscheint auch als: Turner, Derek D., 1974 Paleontology Cambridge [u.a.] : Cambridge Univ. Press, 2011 XI, 227 S. |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Internet Resource, Computer File |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Derek Donald Turner |
ISBN: | 9780521116374 0521116376 9781139011198 1139011197 9780511921100 0511921101 9780521133326 0521133327 |
OCLC Number: | 844960244 |
Notes: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
Description: | Online Ressource (XI, 227 S.) |
Contents: | Machine generated contents note: 1. Paleontology and evolutionary theory; 2. A new way of looking at the fossil record; 3. Punctuated equilibria: provocations and problems; 4. The emergence of a hierarchical evolutionary theory; 5. The case for species selection; 6. Real trends; 7. The dynamics of evolutionary trends; 8. Is evolution contingent?; 9. Diversity and disparity; 10. Are genes the new fossils?. |
Series Title: | Cambridge introductions to philosophy and biology |
Responsibility: | Derek Turner |
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"...This is one of the first to deal specifically with paleontology.... The book reads well.... The book appears to be oriented toward graduate-level seminars and professionals.... recommended..." --L.T. Spencer, emeritus, Plymouth State University, Choice Read more...
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