The evolution of Darwinism : selection, adaptation, and progress in evolutionary biology / Timothy Shanahan.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.Description: ix, 342 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0521834139 (hardback)
  • 0521541980 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH361 .S43 2004
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Contents:
Part I. Selection: Darwin and natural selection -- The group selection controversy -- For whose good does natural selection work? -- Part II. Adaptation: Darwin (and others) on biological perfection -- Adaptation after Darwin -- Adaptation(ism) and its limits -- Part III. Progress: Darwin on evolutionary progress -- Evolutionary progress from Darwin to Dawkins -- Is evolution progressive? -- Human physical and mental evolution.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-338) and index.

Part I. Selection: Darwin and natural selection -- The group selection controversy -- For whose good does natural selection work? -- Part II. Adaptation: Darwin (and others) on biological perfection -- Adaptation after Darwin -- Adaptation(ism) and its limits -- Part III. Progress: Darwin on evolutionary progress -- Evolutionary progress from Darwin to Dawkins -- Is evolution progressive? -- Human physical and mental evolution.

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