The Mechanisms of Evolution: A Critique of the Neo-Darwinian Modern Synthesis (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781907962158)

Do we understand how evolution works? In this book Steven Hawkins outlines various possible mechanisms of biological evolution - the Neo-Darwinian Modern Synthesis, Symbiogenesis and Developmental Systems Theory. He contrasts and compares these various theories and proposes a view of evolution in which all three mechanisms have a role to play. In this schema 'natural selection' only has a minor role to play in biological evolution. In the final chapter Hawkins considers non-biological evolution and is drawn to conclude that we are unable to understand the fundamental nature of both non-biological evolution and biological evolution.

Author: Steven Hawkins
ISBN-10: 1907962158
ISBN-13: 9781907962158
Publisher: Light Press
Language: English
Published: 12/18/2010
Pages: 78
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.19lbs
Size: 7.81h x 5.06w x 0.16d