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The evolution of Darwinism [electronic resource] : selection, adaptation, and progress in evolutionary biology / Timothy Shanahan.

By: Shanahan, Timothy, 1960-.
Contributor(s): ebrary, Inc.
Publisher: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004Description: ix, 342 p.Subject(s): Evolution (Biology) -- History | Natural selection -- History | Adaptation (Biology) -- History | Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy | Natural selection -- Philosophy | Adaptation (Biology) -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Electronic books. Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
Part I. Selection: Darwin and natural selection -- The group selection controversy -- For whose good does natural selection work? -- Part II. Adaptation: Darwin (and others) on biological perfection -- Adaptation after Darwin -- Adaptation(ism) and its limits -- Part III. Progress: Darwin on evolutionary progress -- Evolutionary progress from Darwin to Dawkins -- Is evolution progressive? -- Human physical and mental evolution.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-338) and index.

Part I. Selection: Darwin and natural selection -- The group selection controversy -- For whose good does natural selection work? -- Part II. Adaptation: Darwin (and others) on biological perfection -- Adaptation after Darwin -- Adaptation(ism) and its limits -- Part III. Progress: Darwin on evolutionary progress -- Evolutionary progress from Darwin to Dawkins -- Is evolution progressive? -- Human physical and mental evolution.

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Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2009. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.