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On the Origin of Autonomy - A New Look at the Major Transitions in Evolution (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
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On the Origin of Autonomy - A New Look at the Major Transitions in Evolution (Paperback, Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014)
Series: History, Philosophy and Theory of the Life Sciences, 5
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This volume describes features of autonomy and integrates them into
the recent discussion of factors in evolution. In recent years
ideas about major transitions in evolution are undergoing a
revolutionary change. They include questions about the origin of
evolutionary innovation, their genetic and epigenetic background,
the role of the phenotype and of changes in ontogenetic pathways.
In the present book, it is argued that it is likewise necessary to
question the properties of these innovations and what was
qualitatively generated during the macroevolutionary transitions.
The author states that a recurring central aspect of
macroevolutionary innovations is an increase in individual
organismal autonomy whereby it is emancipated from the environment
with changes in its capacity for flexibility, self-regulation and
self-control of behavior. The first chapters define the concept of
autonomy and examine its history and its epistemological context.
Later chapters demonstrate how changes in autonomy took place
during the major evolutionary transitions and investigate the
generation of organs and physiological systems. They synthesize
material from various disciplines including zoology, comparative
physiology, morphology, molecular biology, neurobiology and
ethology. It is argued that the concept is also relevant for
understanding the relation of the biological evolution of man to
his cultural abilities. Finally the relation of autonomy to
adaptation, niche construction, phenotypic plasticity and other
factors and patterns in evolution is discussed. The text has a
clear perspective from the context of systems biology, arguing that
the generation of biological autonomy must be interpreted within an
integrative systems approach.
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