| Edition |
1st pbk. ed. |
| Description |
viii, 396 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Note |
"Originally published as the central chapter of Gould's masterwork, The structure of evolutionary theory"--P. [4] of cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 362-381) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction -- 1. What Every Paleontologist Knows -- An Introductory Example -- Testimonials to Common Knowledge -- Darwinian Solutions and Paradoxes -- The Paradox of Insulation from Disproof -- The Paradox of Stymied Practice -- 2. The Primary Claims of Punctuated Equilibrium -- Data and Definitions -- Microevolutionary Links -- Macroevolutionary Implications -- Tempo and the Significance of Stasis -- Mode and the Speciational Foundation of Macroevolution -- 3. The Scientific Debate on Punctuated Equilibrium: Critiques and Responses -- Critiques Based on the Definability of Paleontological Species -- Empirical Affirmation -- Reasons for a Potential Systematic Underestimation of Biospecies by Paleospecies -- Reasons for a Potential Systematic Overestimation of Biospecies by Paleospecies -- Reasons Why an Observed Punctuational Pattern Might Not Represent - Speciation -- Critiques Based on Denying Events of Speciation as the Primary Locus of Change -- Critiques Based on Supposed Failures of Empirical Results to Affirm Prediction of Punctuated Equilibrium -- Claims for Empirical Refutation by Cases - Phenotypes - Genotypes -- Empirical Tests of Conformity with Models -- 4. Sources of Data for Testing Punctuated Equilibrium - Preamble -- The Equilibrium in Punctuated Equilibrium: Quantitatively Documented Patterns of Stasis in Unbranched Segments of Lineages -- The Punctuations of Punctuated Equilibrium: Tempo and Mode in the Origin of Paleospecies -- The Inference of Cladogenesis by the Criterion of Ancestral Survival -- The "Dissection" of Punctuations to Infer Both Existence and Modality - Time - Geography -- Morphometric Mode -- Proper and Adequate Tests of Relative Frequencies: The Strong Empirical Validation of Punctuated Equilibrium -- The Indispensability of Data on Relative Frequencies -- Relative Frequencies for Higher Taxa in Entire Biotas -- Relative Frequencies for Entire Clades -- Causal Clues from Differential Patterns of Relative Frequencies -- |
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5. The Broader Implications of Punctuated Equilibrium for Evolutionary Theory and General Notions of Change -- What Changes May Punctuated Equilibrium Instigate in Our Views about Evolutionary Mechanisms and the History of Life? -- The Explanation and Broader Meaning of Stasis - Frequency - Generality - Causality -- Punctuation, the Origin of New Macroevolutionary Individuals, and Resulting Implications for Evolutionary Theory - Trends -- The Speciational Reformulation of Macroevolution -- Ecological and Higher-Level Extensions -- Punctuation All the Way Up and Down? The Generalization and Broader Utility of Punctuated Equilibrium (in More Than a Metaphorical Sense) at Other Levels of Evolution, and for Other Disciplines In and Outside the Natural Sciences -- General Models for Punctuated Equilibrium -- Punctuational Change at Other Levels and Scales of Evolution -- A Preliminary Note on Homology and Analogy in the Conceptual Realm -- Punctuation Below the Species Level -- Punctuation Above the Species Level -- Punctuational Models in Other Disciplines: Towards a General Theory of Change -- Principles for a Choice of Examples -- Examples from the History of Human Artifacts and Cultures -- Examples from Human Institutions and Theories about the Natural World -- Two Concluding Examples, a General Statement, and a Coda -- Appendix: A Largely Sociological (and Fully Partisan) History of the Impact and Critique of Punctuated Equilibrium -- The Entrance of Punctuated Equilibrium into Common Language and General Culture -- An Episodic History of Punctuated Equilibrium -- Early Stages and Future Contexts -- Creationist Misappropriation of Punctuated Equilibrium -- Punctuated Equilibrium in Journalism and Textbooks -- The Personal Aspect of Professional Reaction -- The Case Ad Hominem against Punctuated Equilibrium -- An Interlude on Sources of Error -- The Wages of Jealousy -- The Descent to Nastiness -- The Most Unkindest Cut of All -- The Wisdom of Agassiz's and von Baer's Threefold History of Scientific Ideas -- A Coda on the Kindness and Generosity of Most Colleagues |
| Subject |
Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution)
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Punctuated equilibrium (Evolution) |
| Added Author |
Gould, Stephen Jay.
Structure of evolutionary theory.
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| ISBN |
9780674024441 |
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0674024443 |
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