Creative Evolution?!John Howland Campbell, J. William Schopf Jones & Bartlett Learning, 1994 - 112 pages Thsi text is designed as a supplemental reader for any evolution course or for readers who are interested in expanding their knowledge on evolutionary discussions. • •Evolution |
Contents
CHAPTER | 1 |
CHAPTER | 2 |
CHAPTER | 4 |
NATURAL SELECTION AS A CREATIVE PROCESS | 10 |
CHANCE AND NECESSITY | 16 |
VALUES IN SCIENCE | 20 |
MICRO AND MACROEVOLUTION | 29 |
CHAPTER 3 | 35 |
GENE SHARING IN | 58 |
IS THAT ALL THERE IS? NONDARWINIAN PARADIGMS | 70 |
ORGANISMS CREATE EVOLUTION | 85 |
ORGANISMS CAN RELEASE EVOLUTION FROM MUTATION | 90 |
WHICH DEPLOYMENTS OF NATURAL SELECTION CREATED HUMANS? | 97 |
GLOSSARY | 103 |
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Common terms and phrases
alleles amino acid analogy anatomy animals Ayala bacteria bacterium behavior biologists birds cells chance checker chimpanzees chromosome common ancestor comparative concept creative cytochrome cytochrome C molecules Darwin Darwin's theory Darwinian directional directionality diverse Drosophila dystrophin environment enzymes eukaryotes evidence evolution machines evolutionary biology evolutionary change evolutionary history evolutionary progress evolutionists evolve example existence exons extinction fast zebras Figure fitness fitter forms fossil record frequency function genes genetic units genome improvement increase individuals introns isms Juan de Pareja language laws lineage living Macroevolution Mayr million years ago modern Molecular Evolution mutation natural selection nucleic acids nucleotides Number of amino occur offspring organisms Origin of Species phenotype phylogenetic phylogeny plants plasmids population predators produce prokaryotes protein random processes reconstruct replication resistance result Rhesus Monkey Rhesus Monkey Horse ribozymes sequence sexual selection streptomycin structure survival machines theory of natural tion traits tree Univ University variation vertebrate