Paleontology: A Philosophical Introduction

by Derek Turner

Book Overview

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"