The evolution of Darwinism [electronic resource] : selection, adaptation, and progress in evolutionary biology / Timothy Shanahan.

By: Shanahan, Timothy, 1960-Contributor(s): ProQuest (Firm)Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004Description: ix, 342 pSubject(s): Evolution (Biology) -- History | Natural selection -- History | Adaptation (Biology) -- History | Evolution (Biology) -- Philosophy | Natural selection -- Philosophy | Adaptation (Biology) -- PhilosophyGenre/Form: Electronic books.LOC classification: QH361 | .S43 2004Online resources: Click to View
Contents:
Part I. Selection: Darwin and natural selection -- The group selection controversy -- For whose good does natural selection work? -- Part II. Adaptation: Darwin (and others) on biological perfection -- Adaptation after Darwin -- Adaptation(ism) and its limits -- Part III. Progress: Darwin on evolutionary progress -- Evolutionary progress from Darwin to Dawkins -- Is evolution progressive? -- Human physical and mental evolution.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 321-338) and index.

Part I. Selection: Darwin and natural selection -- The group selection controversy -- For whose good does natural selection work? -- Part II. Adaptation: Darwin (and others) on biological perfection -- Adaptation after Darwin -- Adaptation(ism) and its limits -- Part III. Progress: Darwin on evolutionary progress -- Evolutionary progress from Darwin to Dawkins -- Is evolution progressive? -- Human physical and mental evolution.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.

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