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What evolution is

Ernst Mayr 1904-

New York Basic Books c2001

Localização: ESALQ - Biblioteca Central    (575 M474w 89361 ) e outros locais(Acessar)

  • Título:
    What evolution is
  • Autor: Ernst Mayr 1904-
  • Assuntos: Evolution (Biology); EVOLUÇÃO; EVOLUÇÃO HUMANA; SELEÇÃO NATURAL
  • Notas: Includes bibliographical references (p. [293]-303) and index.
  • Descrição: In what kind of a world do we live? -- What is the evidence for evolution on earth? -- The rise of the living world -- How and why does evolution take place? -- Variational evolution -- Natural selection -- Adaptedness and natural selection : anagenesis -- The units of diversity : species -- Speciation -- Macroevolution -- How did mankind evolve? -- The frontiers of evolutionary biology.
    A pillar of evolutionary biology, Mayr (comparative zoology, Harvard U.) writes for three types of readers: anyone, biologist or not, who wants to know more about evolution; those who accept evolution but doubt the Darwinian explanation of it; and creationists who want to learn more about it even if only to challenge it better.
  • Editor: New York Basic Books
  • Data de criação/publicação: c2001
  • Formato: xv, 318 p. ill., maps 21 cm.
  • Idioma: Inglês

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