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Record Nr.

UNINA9910901884603321

Autore

Odling-Smee J. C (John C.)

Titolo

How life contributes to its own evolution / / John Odling-Smee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts : , : The MIT Press, , [2024]

ISBN

0-262-37888-4

0-262-37889-2

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (331 pages)

Disciplina

576.8

Soggetti

Evolution (Biology)

Adaptation (Biology)

Bioenergetics

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

What is life? -- Information -- Adaptation -- Meaningful information -- Life on any planet -- The origin of life on earth -- Supplementary "knowledge-gaining" processes in evolution -- The origin and evolution of ecosystems -- Extending the synthesis -- How are humans contributing to the evolution of life?

Sommario/riassunto

"The modification of environments by the niche-constructing activities of organisms changes the subject matter of evolutionary theory"--