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The Structure of Evolutionary Theory is a technical book on macroevolutionary theory and the historical development of evolutionary theoryBrown, Andrew (2002) Adventures in evolution The Guardian, Saturday May 25, 2002 by Harvard University Read More..

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Description	The Structure of Evolutionary Theory is a technical book on macroevolutionary theory and the historical development of evolutionary theoryBrown, Andrew (2002) Adventures in evolution The Guardian, Saturday May 25, 2002 by Harvard University paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, published in 2002, two months before his death,Barash, David (2002) Grappling with the ghost of Gould Human Nature Review 2 (July 9): 283-292. and which was twenty years in the making.Orr, H. Allen (2002) The descent of Gould The New Yorker, September 30, p. 132. Aimed primarily at professionals,Jablonski, David (2002) A more modern synthesis American Scientist 90 (July–August): 368-371 the volume is divided into two parts; the first is a historical study of classical evolutionary thought, drawing extensively upon primary documents while the second is a constructive critique of the Darwinist modern evolutionary synthesis, and presents a case for an interpretation of biological evolution based largely on the theory of punctuated equilibrium, developed by Gould and Niles Eldredge in 1972.Doughty, Howard (2005) Review The College Quarterly 8 (1).According to Gould, classical Darwinism encompasses three essential core commitments: Agency, the unit of selection, which for Charles Darwin was the organism, upon which natural selection acts;Author Anonymous. The grand view The Economist December 5, 2002. efficacy, which encompasses the power of natural selection, include sexual selection, over all other force, such as mutations and genetic drift, in shaping the ecological, historical and structural influences on evolution, as well as the biological constraints, factors which make populations resistant to evolutionary change, and restraints imposed by developmental biology; and scope, the degree to which natural selection can be extrapolated to explain biodiversity at the macroevolutionary level, including the evolution of more complex taxonomic groups.
Description	The Structure of Evolutionary Theory is a technical book on macroevolutionary theory and the historical development of evolutionary theoryBrown, Andrew (2002) Adventures in evolution The Guardian, Saturday May 25, 2002 by Harvard University paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould, published in 2002, two months before his death,Barash, David (2002) Grappling with the ghost of Gould Human Nature Review 2 (July 9): 283-292. and which was twenty years in the making.Orr, H. Allen (2002) The descent of Gould The New Yorker, September 30, p. 132. Aimed primarily at professionals,Jablonski, David (2002) A more modern synthesis American Scientist 90 (July–August): 368-371 the volume is divided into two parts; the first is a historical study of classical evolutionary thought, drawing extensively upon primary documents while the second is a constructive critique of the Darwinist modern evolutionary synthesis, and presents a case for an interpretation of biological evolution based largely on the theory of punctuated equilibrium, developed by Gould and Niles Eldredge in 1972.Doughty, Howard (2005) Review The College Quarterly 8 (1).According to Gould, classical Darwinism encompasses three essential core commitments: Agency, the unit of selection, which for Charles Darwin was the organism, upon which natural selection acts;Author Anonymous. The grand view The Economist December 5, 2002. efficacy, which encompasses the power of natural selection, include sexual selection, over all other force, such as mutations and genetic drift, in shaping the ecological, historical and structural influences on evolution, as well as the biological constraints, factors which make populations resistant to evolutionary change, and restraints imposed by developmental biology; and scope, the degree to which natural selection can be extrapolated to explain biodiversity at the macroevolutionary level, including the evolution of more complex taxonomic groups.

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Authors	Stephen Jay Gould
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