Natural Selection: Revisiting Its Explanatory Role in Evolutionary Biology

by Richard G Delisle

Book Overview

This book contests the general view that natural selection constitutes the explanatory core of evolutionary biology. It invites the reader to consider an alternative view which favors a more complete and multidimensional interpretation.

It is common to present the 1930-1960 period as characterized by the rise of the Modern Synthesis, an event structured around two main explanatory commitments: (1) Gradual evolution is explained by small...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3030655350
• ISBN13: 9783030655358
• Release Date: February 2021
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 482 Pages
• Weight: 1.89 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.1" x 9.2"