Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A new way of seeing the fossil record
- 3 Punctuated equilibrium
- 4 Species and macroevolution
- 5 The case for species selection
- 6 Real trends, relative progress
- 7 Dynamics of evolutionary trends
- 8 Evolutionary contingency
- 9 Diversity, disparity, and the Burgess Shale
- 10 Molecular fossils
- Bibliography
- Index
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of figures
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 A new way of seeing the fossil record
- 3 Punctuated equilibrium
- 4 Species and macroevolution
- 5 The case for species selection
- 6 Real trends, relative progress
- 7 Dynamics of evolutionary trends
- 8 Evolutionary contingency
- 9 Diversity, disparity, and the Burgess Shale
- 10 Molecular fossils
- Bibliography
- Index
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- PaleontologyA Philosophical Introduction, pp. 222 - 227Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011