Encyclopedia of evolution

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A comprehensive guide to the essentials of evolutionary biology; surveys essential concepts and theories, present methods, models and findings, and discuss both the history of the field and current controversies. Topics include: Darwin, natural selection, human origins, behavioral ecology, diversity, mathematical models, and cell and developmental biology. Special essays include Stephen Jay Gould's "Macroevolution" and Jane Goodall and Elizabeth Vinson-Lonsdorf on "Culture in Chimpanzees."

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Full title :Encyclopedia of evolution / Mark Pagel, editor in chief.

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Publication Date:2002.

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Publisher(s):Oxford University Press
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:2002.

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Description:2 volumes (various pagings) : : illustrations ; : 29 cm

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ISBN:9780195148640, 0195148649, 9780195148657, 0195148657, 9780195122008, 0195122003, 0195187601, 9780195187601
oclc:ocn702180478
LC Classification:QH360.2
Dewey Decimal:576.8/03

Overview essays : states of evolution. Introduction / Mark Pagel -- History of evolutionary thought / David L. Hull -- The major transitions in evolution / John Maynard Smith -- Macroevolution / Stephen Jay Gould -- Culture in chimpanzees / Jane Goodall and Elizabeth Vinson Lonsdorf -- Human genetic and linguistic diversity / L. Luca Cavalli-Sforza -- Motherhood / Sarah Blaffer Hrdy -- Darwinian medicine / Stephen C. Stearns -- Genomics and the dawn of proteomics / M.J. Bishop -- The new replicators / Daniel Dennett -- Alphabetical entries.