Evolution Driven by Organismal Behavior

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Beschreibung

This book proposes a new way to think about evolution. The author carefully brings together evidence from diverse fields of science. In the process, he bridges the gaps between many different--and usually seen as conflicting--ideas to present one integrative theory named ONCE, which stands for Organic Nonoptimal Constrained Evolution. The author argues that evolution is mainly driven by the behavioral choices and persistence of organisms themselves, in a process in which Darwinian natural selection is mainly a secondary--but still crucial--evolutionary player. Within ONCE, evolution is therefore generally made of mistakes and mismatches and trial-and-error situations, and is not a process where organisms engage in an incessant, suffocating struggle in which they can't thrive if they are not optimally adapted to their habitats and the external environment. Therefore, this unifying view incorporates a more comprehensive view of the diversity and complexity of life by stressing that organisms are not merely passive evolutionary players under the rule of external factors. This insightful and well-reasoned argument is based on numerous fascinating case studies from a wide range of organisms, including bacteria, plants, insects and diverse examples from the evolution of our own species. The book has an appeal to researchers, students, teachers, and those with an interest in the history and philosophy of science, as well as to the broader public, as it brings life back into biology by emphasizing that organisms, including humans, are the key active players in evolution and thus in the future of life on this wonderful planet.

Über den Autor

Rui Diogo is an Associate Professor at Howard University College of Medicine and a member of the Resource Faculty at the Center for the Advanced Study of Hominid Paleobiology at George Washington University. One of the youngest researchers to be nominated as Fellow of the American Association of Anatomists, he won several prestigious awards, being the only researcher to be selected for the first/second place for best article of the year in the top anatomical journal two times in just three years (2013/2015). Author or co-author of more than 100 papers in top journals, such as Nature, and of numerous book chapters, he is the co-editor of three books and the sole or first author of eleven books covering subjects as diverse as fish evolution, chordate development, and human medicine and pathology, including a book adopted at medical schools worldwide, "Learning and understanding human anatomy and pathology: an evolutionary and developmental guide for medical students."

Zusammenfassung

Proposes a new way to think about evolution

Demonstrates that organisms and their behavioral choices are key, active players in evolution

Synthesizes evidence from many fields of science and from all kinds of organisms, from bacteria to mammals, with a strong emphasis on human evolution

Includes supplementary material: [...]

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface.- Dedication.- Acknowledgements.- Introduction to Organic Nonoptimal Constrained Evolution (ONCE) and Notes on Terminology.- Baldwin's Organic Selection and the Rising Awareness of the Evolutionary Importance of Behavioral Shifts.- Behavioral Choices and Shifts, Niche Construction, Natural Selection, Extinctions, and Asymmetry.- Evolutionary Trends, Sexual Selection, Novelties, Gene Loss, Mass Extinctions and 'Progress'.- Behavioral Leads in Evolution--Form, Function, Exaptations, Human Evolution and Lamarck.- Eco-morphological Mismatches, Human 'Exceptionalism', Hybridization, Trade-offs and Nonoptimality.- Internal Selection, Constraints, Contingency, Homology, Reversions, Atavisms, von Baer, Haeckel, and Alberch.- ONCE Links Internal Factors, Epigenetics, Matsuda, Waddington, Goldschmidt, and Macroevolution.- ONCE Things Are Put Together: Evolutionary Behavioral Ecology, Adaptationism, Systems Biology, and Interdisciplinary.- General Remarks and Bullet Points.- References.- Index.

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2017
Genre:	Technik allg.
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Buch
Seiten:	272
Inhalt:	xviii 252 S. 12 s/w Illustr. 14 farbige Illustr. 252 p. 26 illus. 14 illus. in color.
ISBN-13:	9783319475806
ISBN-10:	3319475800
Sprache:	Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage:	HC runder Rücken kaschiert
Einband:	Gebunden
Autor:	Diogo, Rui
Auflage:	1st ed. 2017
Hersteller:	Springer International Publishing
Maße:	241 x 160 x 21 mm
Von/Mit:	Rui Diogo
Erscheinungsdatum:	15.03.2017
Gewicht:	0,576 kg

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