Time Frames: The Rethinking of Darwinian Evolution and the Theory of Punctuated Equilibria

Eldredge, Niles

ISBN 10: 0434226106 / ISBN 13: 9780434226108

Published by Heinemann, London, 1986

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Large octavo size [16x24cm approx]. Very Good condition in Very Good Dustjacket. DJ protected in purpose-made clear archival plastic sleeve. Small texta lines [through ownership details] to front free endpaper. DJ sunned at spine and edges. Black & white illustrations. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. 240pages. A more complicated view of evolution.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Time Frames: The Rethinking of Darwinian Evolution and the Theory of Punctuated Equilibria
• Publisher: Heinemann, London
• Publication Date: 1986
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0434226106
• ISBN 13: 9780434226108
• Binding: Hardback
• Illustrator: Illus. With Photos
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
• Seller catalogs:
  • Science-General

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Synopsis

Scientists have recently begun to question one of the pillars of modern thought--Charles Darwin's theory of evolution. Certainly evolution occurs; but if it is a slow, continuous process by which one species gradually modifies itself into a new one, as Darwin believed, why are there so many missing links in the fossil records? Two eminent scientists, Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould, startled the world by challenging Darwin's cherished beliefs proposing instead that once a species has evolved it rarely undergoes change, and that the evolution of new species occurs only periodically, in relatively rapid spurts. In Time Frames Niles Eldredge explains how his own work with trilobite fossils led him to this unexpected conclusion, and describes the fascinating development of the new theory of punctuated equilibria.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.