Bibliograph

What evolution is, Ernst Mayr

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What evolution is, Ernst Mayr

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eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-303) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

What evolution is

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47443814

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Ernst Mayr

Summary

A pillar of evolutionary biology, Mayr (comparative zoology, Harvard U.) writes for three types of readers: anyone, biologist or not, who wants to know more about evolution; those who accept evolution but doubt the Darwinian explanation of it; and creationists who want to learn more about it even if only to challenge it better

Table Of Contents

Foreword / by Jared M. Diamond -- Part I: What is evolution? In what kind of a world do we live? ; What is the evidence for evolution on earth? ; The rise of the living world -- Part II: How are evolutionary change and adaptedness explained? How and why does evolution take place? ; Variational evolution ; Natural selection ; Adaptedness and natural selection : anagenesis -- Part III: Origin and evolution of diversity: cladogenesis. The units of diversity : species ; Speciation ; Macroevolution -- Part IV: Human evolution. How did mankind evolve? ; The frontiers of evolutionary biology -- Appendix A: What criticisms have been made of evolutionary theory? -- Appendix B: Short answers to frequently asked questions about evolution -- Glossary

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