Time frames : the evolution of punctuated equilibria / Niles Eldredge.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eldredge, Niles, author.

Series:

Princeton science library.

Princeton science library

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Evolution (Biology).

Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Edition:

Course Book

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon and Schuster, [1985]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Scientists have recently begun to question one of the pillars of modern thought--Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Certainly evolution occurs; but if it is a slow, continuous process by which one species gradually modifies itself into a new one, as Darwin believed, why are there so many missing links in the fossil records? Two eminent scientists, Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould, startled the world by challenging Darwin's cherished beliefs proposing instead that once a species has evolved it rarely undergoes change, and that the evolution of new species occurs only periodically, in relatively rapid spurts. In Time Frames Niles Eldredge explains how his own work with trilobite fossils led him to this unexpected conclusion, and describes the fascinating development of the new theory of punctuated equilibria.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Contents:

Frontmatter

CONTENTS

PREFACE

1. Evolution Nowadays

2. Ancient Seas and Evolutionary Fantasies

3. At Sea in the American Midwest

4. The Emergence of Punctuated Equilibria: Speciation and Evolutionary Change in Ancient Seas

5. Paradox Found: Adaptation and Macroevolution

6. Paradox Lost: Species at Play in the Evolutionary Game

7. Where to? What Next?

APPENDIX: Punctuated Equilibria: An Alternative to Phyletic Gradualism

BIBLIOGRAPHY

INDEX

Notes:

Originally published: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, 1989, in series, Princeton science library.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781400860296

1400860296

OCLC:

899261541