What evolution is / Ernst Mayr.

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York : Basic Books, c2001.Description: xv, 318 p. : ill., maps ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0465044255 (alk. paper)
  • 0465044263 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 9780465044252
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QH366.2 .M3933 2001
Contents:
In what kind of a world do we live? -- What is the evidence for evolution on earth? -- The rise of the living world -- How and why does evolution take place? -- Variational evolution -- Natural selection -- Adaptedness and natural selection : anagenesis -- The units of diversity : species -- Speciation -- Macroevolution -- How did mankind evolve? -- The frontiers of evolutionary biology.
Summary: A pillar of evolutionary biology, Mayr (comparative zoology, Harvard U.) writes for three types of readers: anyone, biologist or not, who wants to know more about evolution; those who accept evolution but doubt the Darwinian explanation of it; and creationists who want to learn more about it even if only to challenge it better.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-303) and index.

In what kind of a world do we live? -- What is the evidence for evolution on earth? -- The rise of the living world -- How and why does evolution take place? -- Variational evolution -- Natural selection -- Adaptedness and natural selection : anagenesis -- The units of diversity : species -- Speciation -- Macroevolution -- How did mankind evolve? -- The frontiers of evolutionary biology.

A pillar of evolutionary biology, Mayr (comparative zoology, Harvard U.) writes for three types of readers: anyone, biologist or not, who wants to know more about evolution; those who accept evolution but doubt the Darwinian explanation of it; and creationists who want to learn more about it even if only to challenge it better.

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