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Evolution : the first four billion years / edited by Michael Ruse, Joseph Travis ; with a foreword by Edward O. Wilson.

Contributor(s): Publication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2009.Description: xii, 979 p. : ill. ; 26 cmISBN:
  • 9780674031753 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 576.8 EVO
Contents:
The history of evolutionary thought. - The origin of life. - Paleontology and the history of life. - Adaptation. - Molecular evolution. - Evolution of the genome. - The pattern and process of speciation. - Evolution and development. - Social behavior and sociobiology. - Human evolution. - Evolutionary biology of disease and Darwinian medicine. - Beyond the Darwinian paradigm: understanding biological forms. - Philosophy of evolutionary thought. - Evolution and society. - Evolution and religion. - American antievolutionism: retrospect and prospect. - Alphabetical guide.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

The history of evolutionary thought. - The origin of life. - Paleontology and the history of life. - Adaptation. - Molecular evolution. - Evolution of the genome. - The pattern and process of speciation. - Evolution and development. - Social behavior and sociobiology. - Human evolution. - Evolutionary biology of disease and Darwinian medicine. - Beyond the Darwinian paradigm: understanding biological forms. - Philosophy of evolutionary thought. - Evolution and society. - Evolution and religion. - American antievolutionism: retrospect and prospect. - Alphabetical guide.

Biology : SB14U