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The New Foundations of Evolution

Author : Jan Sapp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199889171
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)

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Download or read book The New Foundations of Evolution written by Jan Sapp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-07-24 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the story of a profound revolution in the way biologists explore life's history, understand its evolutionary processes, and reveal its diversity. It is about life's smallest entities, deepest diversity, and greatest cellular biomass: the microbiosphere. Jan Sapp introduces us to a new field of evolutionary biology and a new brand of molecular evolutionists who descend to the foundations of evolution on Earth to explore the origins of the genetic system and the primary life forms from which all others have emerged. In so doing, he examines-from Lamarck to the present-the means of pursuing the evolution of complexity, and of depicting the greatest differences among organisms. The New Foundations of Evolution takes us into a world that classical evolutionists could never have imagined: a deep phylogeny based on three domains of life and multiple kingdoms, and created by mechanisms very unlike those considered by Darwin and his followers. Evolution by leaps seems to occur regularly in the microbial world where molecular evolutionists have shown the inheritance of acquired genes and genomes are major modes of evolutionary innovation. Revisiting the history of microbiology for the first time from the perspective of evolutionary biology, Sapp shows why classical Darwinian conceptions centering on questions of the origin of species were forged without a microbial foundation, why classical microbiologists considered it impossible to know the course of evolution, and classical molecular biologists considered the evolution of the molecular genetic system to be beyond understanding. In telling this stirring story of scientific iconoclasm, this book elucidates how the new evolutionary biology arose, what methods and assumptions underpin it, and the fiery controversies that continue to shape biologists' understanding of the foundations of evolution today.

Foundations of Social Evolution

Author : Steven A. Frank
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691059349
Total Pages : 283 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Social Evolution written by Steven A. Frank and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 1998-07-21 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He unites these with the best of economic thought: a clear theory of model formation and comparative statics, the development of simple methods for analyzing complex problems, and notions of information and rationality. Using this unique, multidisciplinary approach, Frank makes major advances in understanding the foundations of social evolution.

Making Sense of Evolution

Author : Massimo Pigliucci
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226668355
Total Pages : 310 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book Making Sense of Evolution written by Massimo Pigliucci and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2010-02-15 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Making Sense of Evolution explores contemporary evolutionary biology, focusing on the elements of theories—selection, adaptation, and species—that are complex and open to multiple possible interpretations, many of which are incompatible with one another and with other accepted practices in the discipline. Particular experimental methods, for example, may demand one understanding of “selection,” while the application of the same concept to another area of evolutionary biology could necessitate a very different definition. Spotlighting these conceptual difficulties and presenting alternate theoretical interpretations that alleviate this incompatibility, Massimo Pigliucci and Jonathan Kaplan intertwine scientific and philosophical analysis to produce a coherent picture of evolutionary biology. Innovative and controversial, Making Sense of Evolution encourages further development of the Modern Synthesis and outlines what might be necessary for the continued refinement of this evolving field.

Evolution As Entropy

Author : Daniel R. Brooks
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226075747
Total Pages : 438 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (757 download)

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Download or read book Evolution As Entropy written by Daniel R. Brooks and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1988-10-15 with total page 438 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This second edition in just two years offers a considerably revised second chapter, in which information behavior replaces analogies to purely physical systems, as well as practical applications of the authors' theory. Attention is also given to a hierarchical theory of ecosystem behavior, taking note of constraints on local ecosystem members resul.

The New Foundations of Evolution

Author : Jan Sapp
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195388496
Total Pages : 446 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)

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Download or read book The New Foundations of Evolution written by Jan Sapp and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2009-11-05 with total page 446 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a history of microbial evolutionary biology from the 19th century to the present. It follows the research of molecular evolutionists who explore the origins of the genetic system and the primary life forms: three domains and multiple kingdoms, created by mechanisms very unlike those considered by Darwin and his followers.

Evolutionary Theory

Author : Sean H. Rice
Publisher : Sinauer Associates Incorporated
ISBN 13 : 9780878937028
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (37 download)

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Download or read book Evolutionary Theory written by Sean H. Rice and published by Sinauer Associates Incorporated. This book was released on 2004 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary Theory is for graduate students, researchers, and advanced undergraduates who want an understanding of the mathematical and biological reasoning that underlies evolutionary theory. The book covers all of the major theoretical approaches used to study the mechanics of evolution, including classical one- and two-locus models, diffusion theory, coalescent theory, quantitative genetics, and game theory. There are also chapters on theoretical approaches to the evolution of development and on multilevel selection theory. Each subject is illustrated by focusing on those results that have the greatest power to influence the way that we think about how evolution works. These major results are developed in detail, with many accompanying illustrations, showing exactly how they are derived and how the mathematics relates to the biological insights that they yield. In this way, the reader learns something of the actual machinery of different branches of theory while gaining a deeper understanding of the evolutionary process. Roughly half of the book focuses on gene-based models, the other half being concerned with general phenotype-based theory. Throughout, emphasis is placed on the fundamental relationships between the different branches of theory, illustrating how all of these branches are united by a few basic, universal, principles. The only mathematical background assumed is basic calculus. More advanced mathematical methods are explained, with the help of an extensive appendix, when they are needed.

The Theory of Evolution

Author : Samuel M. Scheiner
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022667116X
Total Pages : 455 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (266 download)

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Download or read book The Theory of Evolution written by Samuel M. Scheiner and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 455 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Darwin’s nineteenth-century writings laid the foundations for modern studies of evolution, and theoretical developments in the mid-twentieth century fostered the Modern Synthesis. Since that time, a great deal of new biological knowledge has been generated, including details of the genetic code, lateral gene transfer, and developmental constraints. Our improved understanding of these and many other phenomena have been working their way into evolutionary theory, changing it and improving its correspondence with evolution in nature. And while the study of evolution is thriving both as a basic science to understand the world and in its applications in agriculture, medicine, and public health, the broad scope of evolution—operating across genes, whole organisms, clades, and ecosystems—presents a significant challenge for researchers seeking to integrate abundant new data and content into a general theory of evolution. This book gives us that framework and synthesis for the twenty-first century. The Theory of Evolution presents a series of chapters by experts seeking this integration by addressing the current state of affairs across numerous fields within evolutionary biology, ranging from biogeography to multilevel selection, speciation, and macroevolutionary theory. By presenting current syntheses of evolution’s theoretical foundations and their growth in light of new datasets and analyses, this collection will enhance future research and understanding.

Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology

Author : William B. Provine
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226684734
Total Pages : 566 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology written by William B. Provine and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1989-04-13 with total page 566 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Provine's thorough and thoroughly admirable examination of Wright's life and influence, which is accompanied by a very useful collection of Wright's papers on evolution, is the best we have for any recent figure in evolutionary biology."—Joe Felsenstein, Nature "In Sewall Wright and Evolutionary Biology . . . Provine has produced an intellectual biography which serves to chart in considerable detail both the life and work of one man and the history of evolutionary theory in the middle half of this century. Provine is admirably suited to his task. . . . The resulting book is clearly a labour of love which will be of great interest to those who have a mature interest in the history of evolutionary theory."-John Durant, ;ITimes Higher Education Supplement;X

New World Primates

Author : Warren G. Kinzey
Publisher : Transaction Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780202367507
Total Pages : 460 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (675 download)

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Download or read book New World Primates written by Warren G. Kinzey and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enth.: Most papers presented in a symposium on Nov. 19, 1988 at the annual meeting of the American Anthropological Association in Phoenix, Ariz.

Foundations in Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience

Author : Steven M. Platek
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521884217
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Foundations in Evolutionary Cognitive Neuroscience written by Steven M. Platek and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-26 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An essential primer presenting major topics of study undertaken by evolutionary cognitive neuroscientists.

Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology

Author : Charles Crawford
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135704147
Total Pages : 853 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (357 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology written by Charles Crawford and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2012-10-12 with total page 853 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Evolutionary psychology is concerned with the adaptive problems early humans faced in ancestral human environments, the nature of the psychological mechanisms natural selection shaped to deal with those ancient problems, and the ability of the resulting evolved psychological mechanisms to deal with the problems people face in the modern world. Evolutionary psychology is currently advancing our understanding of altruism, moral behavior, family violence, sexual aggression, warfare, aesthetics, the nature of language, and gender differences in mate choice and perception. It is helping us understand the relationships between cognitive science, developmental psychology, behavior genetics, personality, and social psychology. Foundations of Evolutionary Psychology provides an up-to-date review of the ideas, issues, and applications of contemporary evolutionary psychology. It is suitable for senior undergraduates, first year graduate students, or professionals who wish to become conversant with the major issues currently shaping the emergence of this dynamic new field. It will be interesting to psychologists, anthropologists, sociologists, economists, philosophers, cognitive scientists, and anyone interested in using new developments in the theory of evolution to gain new insights into human behavior.

Foundations of Economic Evolution

Author : Carsten Herrmann-Pillath
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781847204745
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (47 download)

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Download or read book Foundations of Economic Evolution written by Carsten Herrmann-Pillath and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text is an ambitious intellectual enterprise to build a naturalistic foundation for economics, with vast knowledge of physical, biological, social sciences and philosophy. Readers will discover that approaches and insights emergent in institutional studies, (social)-neuroscience, network theory, ecological economics, bio-culture dualistic evolution, etc. are persuasively placed in a grand unified frame.

The Politics of Evolution

Author : Adrian Desmond
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226144534
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)

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Download or read book The Politics of Evolution written by Adrian Desmond and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2011-02-15 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Looking for the first time at the cut-price anatomy schools rather than genteel Oxbridge, Desmond winkles out pre-Darwinian evolutionary ideas in reform-minded and politically charged early nineteenth-century London. In the process, he reveals the underside of London intellectual and social life in the generation before Darwin as it has never been seen before. "The Politics of Evolution is intellectual dynamite, and certainly one of the most important books in the history of science published during the past decade."—Jim Secord, Times Literary Supplement "One of those rare books that not only stakes out new territory but demands a radical overhaul of conventional wisdom."—John Hedley Brooke, Times Higher Education Supplement

Evolution and the Genetics of Populations, Volume 2

Author : Sewall Wright
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 9780226910505
Total Pages : 520 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Evolution and the Genetics of Populations, Volume 2 by : Sewall Wright

Download or read book Evolution and the Genetics of Populations, Volume 2 written by Sewall Wright and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1969 with total page 520 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Wright's views about population genetics and evolution are so fundamental and so comprehensive that every serious student must examine these books firsthand. . . . Publication of this treatise is a major event in evolutionary biology."-Daniel L. Hartl, BioScience

The Tangled Tree

Author : David Quammen
Publisher : Simon & Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476776636
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book The Tangled Tree written by David Quammen and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-08-06 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this New York Times bestseller and longlist nominee for the National Book Award, “our greatest living chronicler of the natural world” (The New York Times), David Quammen explains how recent discoveries in molecular biology affect our understanding of evolution and life’s history. In the mid-1970s, scientists began using DNA sequences to reexamine the history of all life. Perhaps the most startling discovery to come out of this new field—the study of life’s diversity and relatedness at the molecular level—is horizontal gene transfer (HGT), or the movement of genes across species lines. It turns out that HGT has been widespread and important; we now know that roughly eight percent of the human genome arrived sideways by viral infection—a type of HGT. In The Tangled Tree, “the grandest tale in biology….David Quammen presents the science—and the scientists involved—with patience, candor, and flair” (Nature). We learn about the major players, such as Carl Woese, the most important little-known biologist of the twentieth century; Lynn Margulis, the notorious maverick whose wild ideas about “mosaic” creatures proved to be true; and Tsutomu Wantanabe, who discovered that the scourge of antibiotic-resistant bacteria is a direct result of horizontal gene transfer, bringing the deep study of genome histories to bear on a global crisis in public health. “David Quammen proves to be an immensely well-informed guide to a complex story” (The Wall Street Journal). In The Tangled Tree, he explains how molecular studies of evolution have brought startling recognitions about the tangled tree of life—including where we humans fit upon it. Thanks to new technologies, we now have the ability to alter even our genetic composition—through sideways insertions, as nature has long been doing. “The Tangled Tree is a source of wonder….Quammen has written a deep and daring intellectual adventure” (The Boston Globe).

How Biology Shapes Philosophy

Author : David Livingstone Smith
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107055830
Total Pages : 367 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book How Biology Shapes Philosophy written by David Livingstone Smith and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of original essays by major thinkers, addressing how the biological sciences inform and inspire philosophical research.

Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior

Author : Robert J. Richards
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226712001
Total Pages : 719 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Darwin and the Emergence of Evolutionary Theories of Mind and Behavior written by Robert J. Richards and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 1987 with total page 719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With insight and wit, Robert J. Richards focuses on the development of evolutionary theories of mind and behavior from their first distinct appearance in the eighteenth century to their controversial state today. Particularly important in the nineteenth century were Charles Darwin's ideas about instinct, reason, and morality, which Richards considers against the background of Darwin's personality, training, scientific and cultural concerns, and intellectual community. Many critics have argued that the Darwinian revolution stripped nature of moral purpose and ethically neutered the human animal. Richards contends, however, that Darwin, Herbert Spencer, and their disciples attempted to reanimate moral life, believing that the evolutionary process gave heart to unselfish, altruistic behavior. "Richards's book is now the obvious introduction to the history of ideas about mind and behavior in the nineteenth century."—Mark Ridley, Times Literary Supplement "Not since the publication of Michael Ghiselin's The Triumph of the Darwinian Method has there been such an ambitious, challenging, and methodologically self-conscious interpretation of the rise and development and evolutionary theories and Darwin's role therein."—John C. Greene, Science "His book . . . triumphantly achieves the goal of all great scholarship: it not only informs us, but shows us why becoming thus informed is essential to understanding our own issues and projects."—Daniel C. Dennett, Philosophy of Science