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Eternal ephemera, adaptation and the origin of species, from the nineteenth century through punctuated equilibria and beyond, Niles Eldredge

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Eternal ephemera, adaptation and the origin of species, from the nineteenth century through punctuated equilibria and beyond, Niles Eldredge

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eng

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-366) and index

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index present

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non fiction

Main title

Eternal ephemera

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bibliography

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891001379

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Niles Eldredge

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adaptation and the origin of species, from the nineteenth century through punctuated equilibria and beyond

Table Of Contents

Introduction : approaching adaptation and the origin of species -- Part I. Birth of modern evolutionary theory. 1 The advent of the modern fauna : on the births and deaths of species, 1801-1831 ; 2. Darwin and the Beagle : experimenting with transmutation, 1831-1836 ; 3. Enter adaptation, and the conflict between isolation and gradual adaptive change, 1836-1859 -- Part II. Rebellion and reinvention : the taxic perspective, 1935-. 4. Species and speciation reconsidered, 1935- ; 5. Punctuated equilibria : speciation and stasis in paleontology, 1968- ; 6. Speciation and adaptation : large-scale patterns in the evolution of life, 1972-

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Adaptation and the origin of species, from the nineteenth century through punctuated equilibria and beyond

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