Eternal ephemera : adaptation and the Origin of species, from the nineteenth century, through punctuated equilibria and beyond

Publication Data

• Title Eternal ephemera : adaptation and the Origin of species, from the nineteenth century, through punctuated equilibria and beyond
• Author Niles Eldredge
• Publisher Columbia University Press
• Publication date 2015
• Publication location New York
• Language English

Contents

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

Topics

• Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution)
• Evolution (Biology) :: Philosophy
• 017156301

Eternal ephemera : adaptation and the Origin of species, from the nineteenth century, through punctuated equilibria and beyond by Niles Eldredge. ISBN 9780231153164. Published by Columbia University Press in 2015. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.