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Primate adaptation and evolution
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ISBN: 0122603419 9780122603419 Year: 1999 Publisher: San Diego Academic Press

The origin and evolution of larval forms
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ISBN: 0127309357 9780127309354 Year: 1999 Publisher: [Place of publication not identified] Academic Press

Sudden origins : fossils, genes, and the emergence of species
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ISBN: 0471329851 0471379123 Year: 1999 Publisher: New York, NY : John Wiley,

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The greatest riddle of evolution has been the following puzzle: while Darwin argued that new species emerge through a slow, gradual accumulation of tiny mutations, the fossil record reveals a very different scenario--the sudden emergence of whole new species, with no apparent immediate ancestors. This discrepancy has fueled heated debate among evolutionary theorists and has provided unfortunate fodder to creationists, who see it as proof that evolution doesn't happen at all.Now, in this provocative and timely book, leading paleoanthropologist Jeffrey Schwartz presents a groundbreaking and radical new theory of evolution, which brings together evidence from genetics, paleontology, embryology, and anatomy to solve this great outstanding riddle. Central to the new theory is the recent discovery of a special kind of gene, known as homeobox genes, which can cause dramatic mutations that express themselves suddenly in the form of a new species. Such a new species will appear to have arisen out of thin air, with no lineage of ancestors. The new theory preserves natural selection, but shows that it is not the primary engine driving evolution, after all.Writing with graceful prose and the expert knowledge only an insider can bring, Jeffrey Schwartz begins by taking readers on a fascinating journey through the whole history of evolutionary thinking and discovery, recounting the major events and disputes. He also introduces the intriguing puzzles encountered along the way in the study of human evolution and shows how, despite early alternative theories advanced by some of the greatest scientific minds of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, gradualism became a matter of scientific orthodoxy. His account includes the stories behind such highlights as the infamous Piltdown hoax and the remarkable discovery of the astonishingly complete Lucy skeleton.Schwartz then introduces the series of important recent discoveries in developmental biology and genetics that paved the

Darwinism and the linguistic image : Language, race, and natural theology in the nineteenth century.
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ISBN: 0801858828 Year: 1999 Publisher: Baltimore Johns Hopkins university press

La légende de la vie.
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ISBN: 2080814443 9782080814449 Year: 1999 Volume: 444 Publisher: Paris Flammarion

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La vie a-elle eu un début? Est-elle même définissable? Son histoire est en fait celle de l'Univers. Pour la raconter , telle qu'elle peut être reconstituée, Albert Jacquard évoque les différentes réponses que sciences, religions, mythes ou arts ont tenté d'apporter à ces interrogations. Conteur, il mêle à l'objectivité du scientifique la profondeur du philosophe.

Size limits of very small microorganisms : proceedings of a workshop
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ISBN: 0309066344 0309514401 0585135975 9780585135977 9780309066341 0305066344 0309172748 Year: 1999 Publisher: Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press,

The art of genes : how organisms make themselves
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ISBN: 1280698829 9786613675781 0191587672 0585129444 9780191587672 9780585129440 0198503431 9780192862082 9781280698828 6613675784 Year: 1999 Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press,

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In this highly original synthesis of art and science, Enrico Coen describes the recent revolution in human understanding of how plants and animals develop and how this offers fresh insights into evolution and human creativity.

The extended phenotype
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ISBN: 0191024341 9780191024344 0192880519 9780192880512 Year: 1999 Publisher: Oxford New York

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By the best selling author of The Selfish Gene 'This entertaining and thought-provoking book is an excellent illustration of why the study of evolution is in such an exciting ferment these days.' Science 'The Extended Phenotype is a sequel to The Selfish Gene . . . he writes so clearly it could be understood by anyone prepared to make the effort' John Maynard Smith, London Review of Books 'Dawkins is quite incapable of being boring this characteristically brilliant and stimulating book is original and provocative throughout, and immensely enjoyable.' G. A. Parker, Heredity 'The extended phenot

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