Unfinished Synthesis: Biological Hierarchies and Modern Evolutionary Thought

by Niles Eldredge

Book Overview

This study provides a stimulating critique of contemporary evolutionary thought, analyzing the Modern Synthesis first developed by Theodosius Dobzhansky, Ernst Mayr, and George Gaylord Simpson. The author argues that although only genes and organisms are taken as historic "individuals" in conventional theory, species, higher taxa, and ecological entities such as populations and communities should also be construed as individuals--an approach that...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195036336
• ISBN13: 9780195036336
• Release Date: November 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.4"