The Paleobiological revolution : essays on the growth of modern paleontology /
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| Imprint: | Chicago London : University Of Chicago Press, 2015. ©2009 |
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| Description: | 568 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
| Language: | English |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/10827562 |
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Paleontology at the High Table
- Part I. Major Innovations in Paleobiology
- 1. The Emergence of Paleobiology
- 2. The Fossil Record: Biological or Geological Signal?
- 3. Biogeography and Evolution in the Early Paleozoic
- 4. The Discovery of Conodont Anatomy and Its Importance for Understanding the Early History of Vertebrates
- 5. Emergence of Precambrian Paleobiology: A New Field of Science
- 6. Dinosaurs at the Table
- 7. Ladders, Bushes, Punctuations, and Clades: Hominid Paleobiology in the Late Twentieth Century
- 8. Punctuated Equilibria and Speciation: What Does It Mean to Be a Darwinian?
- 9. Molecular Evolution vis-à-vis Paleontology
- Part II. The Historical and Conceptual Significance of Recent Paleontology
- 10. Beyond Detective Work: Empirical Testing in Paleontology
- 11. Taxic Paleobiology and the Pursuit of a Unified Evolutionary Theory
- 12. Ideas in Dinosaur Paleontology: Resonating to Social, Political, and Popular Context
- 13. Reg Sprigg and the Discovery of the Ediacara Fauna in South Australia: Its Approach to the High Table
- 14. The Morphological Tradition in German Paleontology: Otto Schindewolf, Walter Zimmermann, and Adolf Seilacher
- 15. "Radical" or "Conservative"? The Origin and Early Reception of Punctuated Equilibrium
- 16. The Shape of Evolution: The MBL Model and Clade Shape
- 17. Ritual Patricide: Why Stephen Jay Gould assassinated George Gaylord Simpson
- 18. The Consensus That Changed the Paleobiological World
- Part III. Reflections on Recent Paleobiology
- 19. The Infusion of Biology into Paleontological Research
- 20. From Empirical Paleoecology to Evolutionary Paleobiology: A Personal Journey
- 21. Intellectual Evolution Across an Academic Landscape
- 22. The Problem of Punctuational Speciation and Trends in the Fossil Record
- 23. Punctuated Equilibrium versus Community Evolution
- 24. An Interview with David M. Raup
- 25. Paleontology in the Twenty-First Century
- 26. Punctuations and Paradigms: Has Paleobiology Been through a Paradigm Shift?
- List of Contributors
- Index