Eternal Ephemera: Adaptation and the Origin of Species from the Nineteenth Century Through Punctuated Equilibria and Bey, (Hardcover)

from bness2

It was good to read about the development of Punctuated Equilibria from one of the originators (with Steven Jay Gould) of the theory. It was also interesting to see that the basic ideas contained in this "taxic" theory of evolution had its roots in the earlier notebooks of Darwin that predate his...

from lostinalibrary

For most of us outside the scientific community, our understanding of evolution begins and ends with Charles Darwin. But, as paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Niles Eldredge shows us in his well-written, well-documented, and extremely interesting book, Eternal Ephemera, Darwin is only par...

from lostinalibrary

For most of us outside the scientific community, our understanding of evolution begins and ends with Charles Darwin. But, as paleontologist and evolutionary biologist Niles Eldredge shows us in his well-written, well-documented, and extremely interesting book, Eternal Ephemera, Darwin is only par...