Rereading the fossil record : the growth of paleobiology as an evolutionary discipline /

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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 fossi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Sepkoski, David, 1972- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012.
Temas:
Paleobiology > History.
Paleontology > History.
Paléobiologie > Histoire.
Paléontologie > Histoire.
NATURE > Animals > Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures.
NATURE > Fossils.
SCIENCE > Paleontology.
Paleobiology.
Paleontology.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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?

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