The structure of evolutionary theory.
Publication Details
Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2002 CE.
A "technical book on macroevolution and the historical development of evolutionary theory.[1] The book was twenty years in the making,[2]published just two months before Gould's death.[3] Aimed primarily at professionals,[4] the volume is divided into two parts. The first is a historical study of classical evolutionary thought, drawing extensively upon primary documents; the second is a constructive critique of the modern evolutionary synthesis, and presents a case for an interpretation of biological evolution based largely on hierarchical selection, and the theory of punctuated equilibrium (developed by Niles Eldredge and Gould in 1972).[5]" (Wikipedia article on The Structure of Evolutionary Theory, accessed 03-2017).
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| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #9188 |
| Permanent Link | https://staging.historyofmedicine.com/entry/11369 |
| Author Bio Link | Wikipedia ↗ |
| External URL | the-structure-of-evolutionary-theory |
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Publication place: Cambridge, MA