Basic Questions in Paleontology (Paper): Geologic Time, Organic Evolution, and Biological Systematics - Softcover

Schindewolf

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0226738353 ISBN 13: 9780226738352

Publisher: University of Chicago Press, 1993

Synopsis

Originally published in Germany in 1950, and now translated into English for the first time, "Basic Questions in Paleontology" has both historical importance and contemporary relevance because Otto Schindewolf's ideas, considered revolutionary in his day, directly address many current debates within evolutionary biology. When originally published, Schindewolf s argument was highly controversial because it emphasized the importance of catastrophic events and mass extinctions in evolution at a time when American scientists were celebrating the neo-Darwinian evolutionary view that stressed gradual change over time. However, within the last 20 years, many challenges to the neo-Darwinian view have come to support Schindewolf's argument. What appeared radical a few decades ago now seems strikingly modern.

Edition details

• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Publication date: 1993
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0226738353
• ISBN 13: 9780226738352
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 494