The Comparative Method in Evolutionary Biology

by Paul H. Harvey and Mark D. Pagel

Book Overview

From Darwin onward, it has been second nature for evolutionary biologists to think comparatively, because comparisons establish the generality of evolutionary phenomena. Do large genomes slow down development? What lifestyles select for large brains? Are extinction rates related to body size?
These are all questions for the comparative method, and this book is about how such questions can be answered. It examines how the comparative method complements...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198546408
• ISBN13: 9780198546405
• Release Date: June 1991
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 0.91 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.8" x 8.7"