Evolution As Natural History
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Evolution As Natural History
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Author : Wim J. van der Steen
language : en
Publisher: Praeger
Release Date : 2000-06-30
Evolution As Natural History written by Wim J. van der Steen and has been published by Praeger this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-06-30 with Science categories.
Wim van der Steen charts conceptual foundations of evolutionary biology and, on the basis of this, he evaluates applications of evolutionary theory outside biology. Philosophical analysis shows that key notions of the theory such as fitness, adaptation, selection, and optimality are empty place-holder concepts that call for context-dependent specifications of meaning. For example, as he points out, the notion of optimality is empty without a specification of constraints. Hence, the controversial thesis that animals perform optimal behaviors as a result of natural selection is meaningless rather than true or false. Analysis shows that many other controversies in evolutionary biology are spurious. Thus, the thesis of genic selectionism, which puts genes at center stage in evolutionary theory, is best reconstructed as an arbitrary conceptualization without substance. Disagreements over the thesis are futile. They reflect preferences for different conceptualizations which are ultimately equivalent. As concepts are properly specified, van der Steen asserts evolutionary theory turns out to be a body of interesting natural history at a low level of generality. General laws of evolution do not exist. Hence, evolutionary approaches do not allow sweeping claims about human nature. Unfortunately, in disciplines outside biology such claims are often defended with evolutionary approaches. Evolutionary theory also cannot serve as a foundation for normative views in ethics or epistemology. This is an important and controversial work for scholars and advanced researchers in biology and the philosophy of biology.
Vestiges Of The Natural History Of Creation
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Author : Robert Chambers
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1853
Vestiges Of The Natural History Of Creation written by Robert Chambers and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1853 with Creation categories.
Evolution In Action
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Author : Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2011
Evolution In Action written by Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011 with Evolution (Biology) categories.
Spectacular, mysterious, elegant and disturbing - the compelling beauty of vertebrate skeletons is revealed as never before in this collection of photographs, which offers an original explanation of the mechanics of evolution.
Molecular Markers Natural History And Evolution
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Author : J. C. Avise
language : en
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Release Date : 2012-12-06
Molecular Markers Natural History And Evolution written by J. C. Avise and has been published by Springer Science & Business Media this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-12-06 with Science categories.
Molecular approaches have opened new windows on a host of ecological and evolutionary disciplines, ranging from population genetics and behavioral ecology to conservation biology and systematics. Molecular Markers, Natural History and Evolution summarizes the multi-faceted discoveries about organisms in nature that have stemmed from analyses of genetic markers provided by polymorphic proteins and DNAs. The first part of the book introduces rationales for the use of molecular markers, provides a history of molecular phylogenetics, and describes a wide variety of laboratory methods and interpretative tools in the field. The second and major portion of the book provides a cornucopia of biological applications for molecular markers, organized along a scale from micro-evolutionary topics (such as forensics, parentage, kinship, population structure, and intra-specific phylogeny) to macro-evolutionary themes (including species relationships and the deeper phylogenetic structure in the tree of life). Unlike most prior books in molecular evolution, the focus is on organismal natural history and evolution, with the macromolecules being the means rather than the ends of scientific inquiry. Written as an intellectual stimulus for the advanced undergraduate, graduate student, or the practicing biologist desiring a wellspring of research ideas at the interface of molecular and organismal biology, this book presents material in a manner that is both technically straightforward, yet rich with concepts and with empirical examples from the world of nature.
The Natural History Of Man
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Author : Carl P. Swanson
language : en
Publisher: Prentice Hall
Release Date : 1973
The Natural History Of Man written by Carl P. Swanson and has been published by Prentice Hall this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1973 with Science categories.
Ever Since Darwin Reflections In Natural History
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Author : Stephen Jay Gould
language : en
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Release Date : 1992-07-17
Ever Since Darwin Reflections In Natural History written by Stephen Jay Gould and has been published by W. W. Norton & Company this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1992-07-17 with Fiction categories.
Provides information on developments in evolutionary theory, discussing such topics as the Cambrian population explosion, Velikovsky's theories, and others.
Hawaiian Natural History Ecology And Evolution
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Author : Alan C. Ziegler
language : en
Publisher: University of Hawaii Press
Release Date : 2002-09-30
Hawaiian Natural History Ecology And Evolution written by Alan C. Ziegler and has been published by University of Hawaii Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-09-30 with History categories.
Not since Willam A. Bryan's 1915 landmark compendium, Hawaiian Natural History, has there been a single-volume work that offers such extensive coverage of this complex but fascinating subject. Illustrated with more than two dozen color plates and a hundred photographs and line drawings, Hawaiian Natural History, Ecology, and Evolution updates both the earlier publication and subsequent works by compiling and synthesizing in a uniform and accessible fashion the widely scattered information now available. Readers can trace the natural history of the Hawaiian Archipelago through the book's twenty-eight chapters or focus on specific topics such as island formation by plate tectonics, plant and animal evolution, flightless birds and their fossil sites, Polynesian migrational history and ecology, the effects of humans and exotic animals on the environment, current conservation efforts, and the contributions of the many naturalists who visited the islands over the centuries and the stories behind their discoveries. An extensive annotated bibliography and a list of audio-visual materials will help readers locate additional sources of information.
Evolutionary Processes In The Natural History Of Religion
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Author : Hansjörg Hemminger
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2021-09-22
Evolutionary Processes In The Natural History Of Religion written by Hansjörg Hemminger and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-22 with Religion categories.
The study of religion by the humanities and social sciences has become receptive for an evolutionary perspective. Some proposals model the evolution of religion in Darwinian terms, or construct a synergy between biological and non-Darwinian processes. The results, however, have not yet become truly interdisciplinary. The biological theory of evolution in form of the Extended Evolutionary Synthesis (EES) is only sparsely represented in theories published so far by scholars of religion. Therefore this book reverses the line of view and asks how their results assort with evolutionary biology: How can the subject area “religion” integrated into behavioral biology? How is theory building affected by the asymmetry between the scarce empirical knowledge of prehistoric religion, and the body of knowledge about extant and historic religions? How does hominin evolution in general relate to the evolution of religion? Are there evolutionary pre-adaptations? Subsequent versions of evolutionary biology from the original Darwinism to EES are used in interdisciplinary constructs. Can they be integrated into a comprehensive theory? The biological concept most often used is co-evolution, in form of a gene-culture co-evolution. However, the term denotes a process different from biological co-evolution. Important EES concepts do not appear in present models of religious evolution: e.g. neutral evolution, evolutionary drift, evolutionary constraints etc. How to include them into an interdisciplinary approach? Does the cognitive science of religion (CSR) harmonize with behavioral biology and the brain sciences? Religion as part of human culture is supported by a complex, multi-level behavioral system. How can it be modeled scientifically? The book addresses graduate students and researchers concerned about the scientific study of religion, and biologist interested in interdisciplinary theory building in the field.
The Natural History Of Evolution
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Author : Philip Whitfield
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
The Natural History Of Evolution written by Philip Whitfield and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with Evolution categories.
The Nature Of Natural History
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Author : Marston Bates
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1962
The Nature Of Natural History written by Marston Bates and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1962 with Biology categories.