A5026522535- Evolution and Paleontology Studies
- Evolution and Science Education
- Philosophy and History of Science
- Evolutionary Game Theory and Cooperation
- Evolution and Genetic Dynamics
- Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
- Genetic diversity and population structure
- Species Distribution and Climate Change
- Plant and animal studies
- History of Science and Natural History
- Language and cultural evolution
- Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Origins and Evolution of Life
- Science and Climate Studies
- Marine Biology and Ecology Research
- Economic Theory and Institutions
- Aquatic Invertebrate Ecology and Behavior
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Cephalopods and Marine Biology
- Economic theories and models
- Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Innovation, Sustainability, Human-Machine Systems
- Plant Diversity and Evolution
- Environmental, Ecological, and Cultural Studies
American Museum of Natural History
2010-2025
Bridge University
2005
University of Cambridge
1983-2005
Columbia University
1968-1991
Science History Institute
1983
New York University Press
1983
Cambridge University Press
1983
University of Oklahoma
1981
New York Proton Center
1976
We believe that punctuational change dominates the history of life: evolution is concentrated in very rapid events speciation (geologically instantaneous, even if tolerably continuous ecological time). Most species, during their geological history, either do not any appreciable way, or else they fluctuate mildly morphology, with no apparent direction. Phyletic gradualism rare and too slow, case, to produce major evolution. Evolutionary trends are product directional transformation within...
The fossil record displays remarkable stasis in many species over long time periods, yet studies of extant populations often reveal rapid phenotypic evolution and genetic differentiation among populations. Recent advances our understanding the population genetics evolutionary ecology point to complex geographic structure being fundamental resolution how taxa can commonly exhibit both short-term dynamics long-term stasis.
Hierarchy is a central phenomenon of life. Yet it does not feature as such in traditional biological theory. The genealogical hierarchy nested organization entities at ascending levels. There are phenomena common to all levels: (1) Entities genomic constituents, organisms, demes, and species individuals. (2) They have aggregate characters (statistics subparts), but also emergent (arising from among subparts). Character variation changes by (3) introduction novelty (4) sorting differential...
Journal Article THE ALLOPATRIC MODEL AND PHYLOGENY IN PALEOZOIC INVERTEBRATES Get access Niles Eldredge The American Museum of Natural History Central Park West at 79th New York 10024 Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Evolution, Volume 25, Issue 1, 1 March 1971, Pages 156–167, https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1558-5646.1971.tb01868.x Published: 01 1971 history Received: 10 June 1970
Cultural artefacts, like genes and languages, reflect their history. The methodology of inference that history, however, has been a contentious question. Recent applications biological phylogenetic to infer historical patterns material culture are often explicitly justified on the grounds essentially similar processes underlie evolution in both cultural realms. Conventional techniques, while helpful some cases, do not provide general theoretical operational framewok for reconstructing...
Abstract Technological evolution has been compared to biological by many authors over the last two centuries. As a parallel experiment of innovation involving economic, historical, and social components, artifacts define universe evolving properties that displays episodes diversification extinction. Here, we critically review previous work comparing types evolution. Like evolution, technological is driven descent with variation selection, includes tinkering, convergence, contingency. At same...
▪ Abstract The literature on effects of habitat fragmentation biodiversity is huge. It also very diverse, with different authors measuring in ways and, as a consequence, drawing conclusions regarding both the ...Read More
Which species can be saved, when all cannot? Systematics, Ecology, and the Biodiversity Crisis provides critical tools for finding answers to current of systematic biology. Systematists are in a unique position identify ciritcal areas endemism additional criteria identification habitats most urgently need protection. The result symposium held at American Museum Natural History, this book fills void created by other volumes that have explored biodiversity crisis exclusively from an ecological...