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Evolutionary Theory : A Hierarchical Perspective / / Niles Eldredge, Telmo Pievani, Emanuele Serrelli, Ilya Temkin
| Evolutionary Theory : A Hierarchical Perspective / / Niles Eldredge, Telmo Pievani, Emanuele Serrelli, Ilya Temkin |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (394 p.) |
| Disciplina | 576.8 |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolution (Biology)
Evolution - Philosophy Hierarchies Biological systems Macroevolution |
| Soggetto non controllato |
biosphere
development ecology evolution hierarchy macroevolution multilevel evolution natural selection networks unification |
| ISBN | 0-226-42619-X |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- General Principles of Biological Hierarchical Systems -- Chapter 1. Pattern versus Process and Hierarchies: Revisiting Eternal Metaphors in Macroevolutionary Theory -- Chapter 2. Lineages and Systems: A Conceptual Discontinuity in Biological Hierarchies -- Chapter 3. Biological Organization from a Hierarchical Perspective: Articulation of Concepts and Interlevel Relation -- Chapter 4. Hierarchy: The Source of Teleology in Evolution -- Chapter 5. Three Approaches to the Teleological and Normative Aspects of Ecological Functions -- Information and Energy in Biological Hierarchical Systems -- Chapter 6. Why Genomics Needs Multilevel Evolutionary Theory -- Chapter 7. Revisiting the Phenotypic Hierarchy in Hierarchy Theory -- Chapter 8. Multilevel Selection in a Broader Hierarchical Perspective -- Chapter 9. Systems Emergence: The Origin of Individuals in Biological and Biocultural Evolution -- Ecology and Evolution: Neither Separate nor Merged -- Chapter 10. Unification of Macroevolutionary Theory: Biologic Hierarchies, Consonance, and the Possibility of Connecting the Dots -- Chapter 11. Coming to Terms with Tempo and Mode: Speciation, Anagenesis, and Assessing Relative Frequencies in Macroevolution -- Chapter 12. Niche Conservatism, Tracking, and Ecological Stasis: A Hierarchical Perspective -- Chapter 13. The Stability of Ecological Communities as an Agent of Evolutionary Selection: Evidence from the Permian-Triassic Mass Extinction -- Chapter 14. Hierarchy Theory in the Anthropocene: Biocultural Homogenization, Urban Ecosystems, and Other Emerging Dynamics -- Conclusion. Hierarchy Theory and the Extended Synthesis Debate -- Contributors -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910838249303321 |
| Chicago : , : University of Chicago Press, , [2016] | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Stephen J. Gould: The Scientific Legacy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gian Antonio Danieli, Alessandro Minelli, Telmo Pievani
| Stephen J. Gould: The Scientific Legacy [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Gian Antonio Danieli, Alessandro Minelli, Telmo Pievani |
| Edizione | [1st ed. 2013.] |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (204 p.) |
| Disciplina | 570.92 |
| Collana | Life sciences Stephen J. Gould |
| Soggetto topico |
Evolutionary biology
Biology—Philosophy Biophysics Biological physics Anthropology Evolutionary Biology Philosophy of Biology Biological and Medical Physics, Biophysics |
| ISBN | 88-470-5424-9 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Part I: Evolutionary theory -- Niles Eldredge: Stephen J. Gould in the 1960s and 1970s, and the origin of “Punctuated Equilibria” -- Elisabeth A. Lloyd: Stephen J. Gould and adaptation: San Marco 33 years later -- Telmo Pievani: Kinds of pluralism. Stephen J. Gould and the future of evolutionary theory -- Part II: Genome and development -- T. Ryan Gregory: Molecules and macroevolution: a Gouldian view of the genome -- Alessandro Minelli: Individuals, hierarchies and the levels of selection: a chapter in Stephen J. Gould’s evolutionary theory -- Gerd B. Müller: Beyond spandrels: Stephen J. Gould, EvoDevo, and the extended synthesis -- Marcello Buiatti: Biological complexity and Punctuated Equilibria -- Part III The anthropological legacy -- Ian Tattersall: Stephen J. Gould’s intellectual legacy to anthropology -- Guido Barbujani: Mismeasuring man thirty years later -- Klaus R. Scherer: Affect bursts as evolutionary precursors of speech and music -- Winfried Menninghaus: Darwin's theory of music, rhetoric and poetry -- Part IV: Stephen J. Gould and human sciences -- Andrea Cavazzini: Beyond (and without) the invisible hand. Conceptual shifts between economics and the theory of evolution -- Alberto Gualandi: Stephen J. Gould, between humanism and anti-humanism. Neoteny, exaptation and human science. |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910741179203321 |
| Milano : , : Springer Milan : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2013 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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