Unfinished Synthesis: Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought
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This provocative study provides a stimulating critique of contemporary evolutionary thought, analyzing the Modern Synthesis first developed by Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, and George Gaylord Simpson. Written by an eminent evolutionary biologist (the co-founder of the theory of punctuated equilibria), this highly readable work argues that only genes and organisms are taken as historic "individuals" in conventional theory. Eldredge proposes that 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.
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0195055748
ISBN13:9780195055740
Release Date:April 1988
Publisher:Oxford University Press
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.90 lbs.
Dimensions:9.3" x 0.7" x 6.0"
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