| #3241924 in Books | Niles Eldredge | 1985-11-21 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.50 x.94 x6.31l,1.19 | File type: PDF | 256 pages | Unfinished Synthesis Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought||From Library Journal|Eldredge reviews four seminal works of the ``modern synthesis'' of evolution ary thought, and analyzes the synthesis with a view to defining its inadequacies. The last three chapters promulgate part of the anti-reductionist theory of evolu t
This study provides a stimulating critique of contemporary evolutionary thought, analyzing the Modern Synthesis first developed by Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, and George Gaylord Simpson. The author argues that although only genes and organisms are taken as historic "individuals" in conventional theory, species, higher taxa, and ecological entities such as populations and communities should also be construed as individuals--an approach that yields the ecological an...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Unfinished Synthesis: Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought | Niles Eldredge. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
