Evolution: An Evolving Theory

✍ Scribed by Dr. Charles Devillers, Professor Dr. Jean Chaline (auth.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 1993
Tongue: English
Leaves: 251
Edition: 1
Category: Library

No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages I-XIV
The Theory of Evolution — The 19th Century Concepts....Pages 1-2
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
What is Biological Evolution?....Pages 5-12
The Modern Theory of Evolution: The Synthetic Theory....Pages 13-23
Front Matter....Pages 25-25
Genetic Material and Programmes....Pages 27-38
From Egg to Adult: Development....Pages 39-60
Adaptation: The Driving Force or a Result of Evolution?....Pages 61-72
A First Resumé: Organisms, Selection, and Adaptation....Pages 73-80
Front Matter....Pages 81-81
The Formation of Species....Pages 83-98
The Historical Framework of Evolution....Pages 99-107
The Species in the Course of Geological Time....Pages 109-127
From Species to Body Plans....Pages 129-140
Is Evolution Continuous or Discontinuous?....Pages 141-158
Is Evolution Predictable?....Pages 159-166
A Second Resumé: From Speciation to the Formation of the Major Body Plans....Pages 167-173
Front Matter....Pages 175-175
A Particular Type of Evolution — Human Evolution....Pages 177-200
Front Matter....Pages 201-201
What Will Become of the Theory of Evolution in the Year 2000?....Pages 203-206
Epilogue: What Has Become of the History of the Giraffe and Its Neck?....Pages 207-208
Back Matter....Pages 209-251

✦ Subjects

Evolutionary Biology; Paleontology; Geology; Zoology

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