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

Schindewolf

 
9780226738352: Basic Questions in Paleontology (Paper): Geologic Time, Organic Evolution, and Biological Systematics
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.

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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

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