Evolution Without Selection: Form and Function by Autoevolution

By Antonio Lima-de-Faria

The interpretation of evolution is in a state of upheaval: the rapid advancement of Molecular Biology has led into question many of the tenets of Darwinism and neo-Darwinism which, although valuable approaches at the time they were formulated, never fulfilled the criteria demanded by real scientific theories. In this lucidly written new book, now available in paperback, the author presents and discusses the rapid developments in particle physics, crystallography and molecular biology, and formulates a radically different approach to biological evolution. This treatise is not offered as one more new theory but a radically different approach. In the author's opinion, no real theory of evolution can be formulated at present. Selection is not the mechanism of evolution for the simple reason that it cannot be weighed on a balance, poured into a vial, or measured in specific units. Only a material component can be the mechanism of evolution, and this must be searched for in the strict physico-chemical processes.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0444809635
• ISBN13: 9780444809636
• Release Date: January 1988
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Ltd
• Length: 372 Pages
• Weight: 1.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.8" x 0.8" x 7.0"