Paleontology: A Philosophical Introduction
(Part of the Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Biology Series)
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In the wake of the paleobiological revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, paleontologists continue to investigate far-reaching questions about how evolution works. Many of those questions have a philosophical dimension. How is macroevolution related to evolutionary changes within populations? Is evolutionary history contingent? How much can we know about the causes of evolutionary trends? How do paleontologists read the patterns in the fossil record to...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0521133327
ISBN13:9780521133326
Release Date:June 2011
Publisher:Cambridge University Press
Length:240 Pages
Weight:1.27 lbs.
Dimensions:0.5" x 6.9" x 9.6"
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