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Basic Questions in Paleontology

Geologic Time, Organic Evolution and Biological Systematics

By: Otto H. Schindewolf, Wolf-Ernst Reif (Editor), Stephen Jay Gould (Foreword by), Judith Schaefer (Transcribed by)

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Published: 15th January 1994
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Now available in English for the first time, "Basic Questions in Paleontology" is a landmark work in twentieth-century evolution and paleontology. Originally published in German in 1950, Schindewolf's book was highly controversial for its thoroughgoing anti-Darwinism, but today his ideas are remarkably relevant to current research in evolutionary biology.
" This book] would rank number one on my list of items awaiting translation from the history of twentieth-century evolutionary theory."--Stephen Jay Gould

The Nature, Task, and Place of Paleontology
Definition of Terms, Goals, and Methods
Relationship to Biology, Implications for Phylogeny
Relationship to Geology and the Humanities
Basic Problems of Geologic Time
The Basis for Measuring Time and Determining Age
A Survey of the Temporal Distribution of Plant and Animal Phyla
Some Individual Problems Concerning the Paleontological Classification of Time
The Concept of Zones
The Same or Merely Equal?
Micropaleontology--Its Place and Importance in Stratigraphy
Delimiting the Larger Units of Time
Basic Problems of Organic Phylogeny
The Authority of Fossil Evidence
The Preservational State of Fossils
Gaps in the Fossil Record
Patterns in Phylogeny
Two Introductory Examples
The Unfolding of the Cephalopods
Nautiloids
Ammonoids
The Unfolding of the Stony Corals
Pterocorals--Cyclocorals
Pterocorals--Heterocorals
General Results
Evolution or Creation?
The Irreversibility of Evolution
The Periodicity of Evolution
The Origin of the Types
Proterogenetic Evolution
The Pros and Cons of Typostrophism
Other Principles of Evolution
Orthogenesis
Factors in Evolution
Basic Problems of Biological Systematics
The Nature and Task of Systematics
The Nature of Taxonomic Categories
Natural and Artificial Systematics
Morphological and Phylogenetic Systematics
Idealistic Morphology
The Systematics of Parallel Evolutionary Lineages
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ISBN: 9780226738352
ISBN-10: 0226738353
Audience: Professional
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number Of Pages: 494
Published: 15th January 1994
Dimensions (cm): 22.8 x 15.2  x 2.8
Weight (kg): 0.722