| Description |
1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations, digital |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-418) and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: rereading the fossil record -- Darwin's dilemma: paleontology, the fossil record, and evolutionary theory -- The growth of theoretical paleontology -- The rise of quantitative paleobiology -- From paleoecology to paleobiology -- Punctuated equilibria and the rise of the new paleobiology -- The founding of a research journal -- 'Towards a nomothetic paleontology': the MBL model and stochastic paleontology -- A 'natural history of data': the rise of taxic paleobiology -- The dynamics of mass extinctions -- Toward a new macroevolutionary synthesis -- Conclusion: paleontology at the high table? |
| Summary |
Although fossils have provided some of the most important evidence for evolution, the discipline of paleontology has not always had a central place in evolutionary biology. Beginning in Darwin & rsquo;s day, and for much of the twentieth century, paleontologists were often regarded as mere fossil collectors by many evolutionary biologists, their attempts to contribute to evolutionary theory ignored or regarded with scorn. In the 1950s, however, paleontologists began mounting a counter-movement that insisted on the valid, important, and original contribution of paleontology to evolutionary theory. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Paleobiology -- History.
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Paleobiology. |
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History. |
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Paleontology -- History.
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Paleontology. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Title |
Growth of paleobiology as an evolutionary discipline |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Sepkoski, David, 1972- Rereading the fossil record. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012 9780226748559 (DLC) 2011035589 (OCoLC)755213156 |
| ISBN |
9780226748580 (electronic book) |
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0226748588 (electronic book) |
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128012640X |
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9781280126406 |
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9780226748559 |
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0226748553 |
| Standard No. |
9786613530264 |
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