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Eternal Ephemera: Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Beyond

By Niles Eldredge

Book information

Publisher
Columbia University Press
Year
2015
ISBN
9780231526753
DOI
10.7312/eldr15316
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2005152 bytes)
Pages
416\394
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 01:41:58

Description

The origin, extinction, and evolution of species—interconnected in the web of life as "eternal ephemera"—are the concern of evolutionary biology. In this riveting work, renowned paleontologist Niles Eldredge follows leading thinkers from Lamarck and Darwin to his younger self, who, with Steven Jay Gould, who revitalized evolutionary science with their concept of punctuated equilibria. Filled with insights into evolutionary biology and told with a rich affection for the scientific arena, this book celebrates the organic, vital relationship between scientific thinking and its subjects.From one of evolutionary biology's major contributors, a compelling work that unravels science’s great “Mystery of Mysteries”: how new species arise.

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