Eternal ephemera : adaptation and the Origin of species from the nineteenth century through punctuat...
Eternal ephemera : adaptation and the Origin of species from the nineteenth century through punctuat...
Eternal ephemera : adaptation and the Origin of species from the nineteenth century through punctuated equilibria and beyond / Niles Eldredge.
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
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G 2019/1816
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English
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xix, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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text
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unmediated
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volume
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Introduction : approaching adaptation and the origin of species -- Part I. Birth of modern evolutionary theory. 1. The advent of the modern fauna : on the births and deaths of species, 1801-1831 ; 2. Darwin and the Beagle : experimenting with transmutation, 1831-1836 ; 3. Enter adaptation and the co...
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New York : Columbia University Press, [2015]
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[2015]
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All organisms and species are transitory, yet life endures. The origin, extinction, and evolution of species - interconnected in the web of life as "eternal ephemera"--Are the concern of evolutionary biology. In this riveting work, renowned paleontologist Niles Eldredge follows leading thinkers as they have sought, for more than two hundred years,...
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Eternal ephemera : adaptation and the Origin of species from the nineteenth century through punctuated equilibria and beyond / Niles Eldredge.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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G 2019/1816
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74VKVylJ8vWy
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVylJ8vWy
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9780231153164
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576.82
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991024236413502626
