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Ancestors in Evolutionary Biology
Ronald A. Jenner
其他書名
Linear Thinking about Branching Trees
出版Cambridge University Press, 2022-07-28
主題Science / Life Sciences / BiologyScience / Life Sciences / Evolution
ISBN11071059359781107105935
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=dxF2EAAAQBAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋Phylogenetics emerged in the second half of the nineteenth century as a speculative storytelling discipline dedicated to providing narrative explanations for the evolution of taxa and their traits. It coincided with lineage thinking, a process that mentally traces character evolution along lineages of hypothetical ancestors. Ancestors in Evolutionary Biology traces the history of narrative phylogenetics and lineage thinking to the present day, drawing on perspectives from the history of science, philosophy of science, and contemporary scientific debates. It shows how the power of phylogenetic hypotheses to explain evolution resides in the precursor traits of hypothetical ancestors. This book provides a comprehensive exploration of the topic of ancestors, which is central to modern biology, and is therefore of interest to graduate students, researchers, and academics in evolutionary biology, palaeontology, philosophy of science, and the history of science.