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Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.04.2007

Abbildungen

5 halftones, 36 line illustrations

Verlag

De Gruyter

Seitenzahl

406

Maße (L/B/H)

22,7/15,1/2,9 cm

Gewicht

558 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-674-02444-1

Beschreibung

Produktdetails

Einband

Taschenbuch

Erscheinungsdatum

01.04.2007

Abbildungen

5 halftones, 36 line illustrations

Verlag

De Gruyter

Seitenzahl

406

Maße (L/B/H)

22,7/15,1/2,9 cm

Gewicht

558 g

Sprache

Englisch

ISBN

978-0-674-02444-1

Herstelleradresse

Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1
36244 Bad Hersfeld
DE

Email: gpsr@libri.de

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  • Produktbild: Punctuated Equilibrium
  • * Introduction *1. What Every Paleontologist Knows * An Introductory Example * Testimonials to Common Knowledge * Darwinian Solutions and Paradoxes * The Paradox of Insulation from Disproof * The Paradox of Stymied Practice *2. The Primary Claims of Punctuated Equilibrium * Data and Definitions * Microevolutionary Links * Macroevolutionary Implications * Tempo and the Significance of Stasis * Mode and the Speciational Foundation of Macroevolution *3. The Scientific Debate on Punctuated Equilibrium: Critiques and Responses * Critiques Based on the Definability of Paleontological Species * Empirical Affirmation * Reasons for a Potential Systematic Underestimation of Biospecies by Paleospecies * Reasons for a Potential Systematic Overestimation of Biospecies by Paleospecies * Reasons Why an Observed Punctuational Pattern Might Not Represent Speciation * Critiques Based on Denying Events of Speciation as the Primary Locus of Change * Critiques Based on Supposed Failures of Empirical Results to Affirm Predictions of Punctuated Equilibrium * Claims for Empirical Refutation by Cases * Phenotypes * Genotypes * Empirical Tests of Conformity with Models *4. Sources of Data for Testing Punctuated Equilibrium * Preamble * The Equilibrium in Punctuated Equilibrium: Quantitatively Documented Patterns of Stasis in Unbranched Segments of Lineages * The Punctuations of Punctuated Equilibrium: Tempo and Mode in the Origin of Paleospecies * The Inference of Cladogenesis by the Criterion of Ancestral Survival * The "Dissection" of Punctuations to Infer Both Existence and Modality * Time * Geography * Morphometric Mode * Proper and Adequate Tests of Relative Frequencies: The Strong Empirical Validation of Punctuated Equilibrium * The Indispensability of Data on Relative Frequencies * Relative Frequencies for Higher Taxa in Entire Biotas * Relative Frequencies for Entire Clades * Causal Clues from Differential Patterns of Relative Frequencies *5. The Broader Implications of Punctuated Equilibrium for Evolutionary Theory and General Notions of Change * What Changes May Punctuated Equilibrium Instigate in Our Views about Evolutionary Mechanisms and the History of Life? * The Explanation and Broader Meaning of Stasis * Frequency * Generality * Causality * Punctuation, the Origin of New Macroevolutionary Individuals, and Resulting Implications for Evolutionary Theory * Trends * The Speciational Reformulation of Macroevolution * Ecological and Higher-Level Extensions * Punctuation All the Way Up and Down? The Generalization and Broader Utility of Punctuated Equilibrium (in More Than a Metaphorical Sense) at Other Levels of Evolution, and for Other Disciplines In and Outside the Natural Sciences * General Models for Punctuated Equilibrium * Punctuational Change at Other Levels and Scales of Evolution * A Preliminary Note on Homology and Analogy in the Conceptual Realm * Punctuation Below the Species Level * Punctuation Above the Species Level * Punctuational Models in Other Disciplines: Towards a General Theory of Change * Principles for a Choice of Examples * Examples from the History of Human Artifacts and Cultures * Examples from Human Institutions and Theories about the Natural World * Two Concluding Examples, a General Statement, and a Coda * Appendix: A Largely Sociological (and Fully Partisan) History of the Impact and Critique of Punctuated Equilibrium * The Entrance of Punctuated Equilibrium into Common Language and General Culture * An Episodic History of Punctuated Equilibrium * Early Stages and Future Contexts * Creationist Misappropriation of Punctuated Equilibrium * Punctuated Equilibrium in Journalism and Textbooks * The Personal Aspect of Professional Reaction * The Case Ad Hominem against Punctuated Equilibrium * An Interlude on Sources of Error * The Wages of Jealousy * The Descent to Nastiness * The Most Unkindest Cut of All * The Wisdom of Agassiz's and von Baer's Threefold History of Scientific Ideas * A Coda on the Kindness and Generosity of Most Colleagues * Notes * Bibliography * Illustration Credits * Index