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

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Author / Creator:Sepkoski, David, 1972-
Imprint:Chicago : The University of Chicago Press, ©2012.
Description:1 online resource (432 pages) : illustrations, digital
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11146450
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Varying Form of Title:Growth of paleobiology as an evolutionary discipline
ISBN:9780226748580
0226748588
128012640X
9781280126406
9780226748559
0226748553
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 401-418) and index.
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Summary: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 fossil collectors by many evolutionary biologists, their attempts to contribute to evolutionary theory ignored or regarded with scorn. In the 1950s, however, paleontologists began mounting a counter-movement that insisted on the valid, important, and original contribution of paleontology to evolutionary theory.
Other form:Print version: Sepkoski, David, 1972- Rereading the fossil record. Chicago ; London : The University of Chicago Press, 2012, ©2012 9780226748559
Standard no.:9786613530264