عنوان

Evolution :

3642770223

9783642770227

b573601

Evolution :

[Book]

an Evolving Theory

by Charles Devillers, Jean Chaline.

Berlin, Heidelberg

Springer Berlin Heidelberg

1993

(xiv, 251 pages 76 illustrations)

The Theory of Evolution --; The 19th Century Concepts --; I: Biological Evolution --; 1 What Is Biological Evolution? --; 2 The Modern Theory of Evolution: The Synthetic Theory --; II: The Message of Nature Today --; The Evolutionary Mechanisms --; 3 Genetic Material and Programmes --; 4 From Egg to Adult: Development --; 5 Adaptation: The Driving Force or a Result of Evolution? --; 6 A First Resumé: Organisms, Selection, and Adaptation --; III: The Message of Fossils from the Palaeontological Record --; 7 The Formation of Species --; 8 The Historical Framework of Evolution --; 9 The Species in the Course of Geological Time --; 10 From Species to Body Plans --; 11 Is Evolution Continuous or Discontinuous? --; 12 Is Evolution Predictable? --; 13 A Second Resume: From Speciation to the Formation of the Major Body Plans --; IV: A New Approach to Human Evolution --; 14 A Particular Type of Evolution --; Human Evolution --; V: The Future of the Theory of Evolution --; 15 What Will Become of the Theory of Evolution in the Year 2000? --; 16 Epilogue: What Has Become of the History of the Giraffe and Its Neck? --; Appendices.

Is evolution predictible? Taking into account the results of such diverse disciplines of natural sciences as e. g. genetics embryology, ecology, palaeontology on the threshold of the coming century, the authors stretch out their ideas for discussing this question. Charles Devillers, biologist, and Jean Chaline, palaeontologist and geologist, developed a new assessment of the historic framework of evolution, based on their longterm experiences in scientific research, also including philosophical aspects to life. They aimed the book at a publicreceptive to problems of the origin and evolution of life and especially of mankind to teachers and scientists of various topics in the sciences of life, Earth and the Universe.

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by Charles Devillers, Jean Chaline.

Charles Devillers

Jean Chaline

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