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Evolutionary Theory - A Hierarchical Perspective (Paperback)
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Evolutionary Theory - A Hierarchical Perspective (Paperback)
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The natural world is infinitely complex and hierarchically
structured, with smaller units forming the components of
progressively larger systems: molecules make up cells, cells
comprise tissues and organs that are, in turn, parts of individual
organisms, which are united into populations and integrated into
yet more encompassing ecosystems. In the face of such awe-inspiring
complexity, there is a need for a comprehensive, non-reductionist
evolutionary theory. Having emerged at the crossroads of
paleobiology, genetics, and developmental biology, the hierarchical
approach to evolution provides a unifying perspective on the
natural world and offers an operational framework for scientists
seeking to understand the way complex biological systems work and
evolve. Coedited by one of the founders of hierarchy theory and
featuring a diverse and renowned group of contributors, this volume
provides an integrated, comprehensive, cutting-edge introduction to
the hierarchy theory of evolution. From sweeping historical reviews
to philosophical pieces, theoretical essays, and strictly empirical
chapters, it reveals hierarchy theory as a vibrant field of
scientific enterprise that holds promise for unification across the
life sciences and offers new venues of empirical and theoretical
research. Stretching from molecules to the biosphere, hierarchy
theory aims to provide an all-encompassing understanding of
evolution and with this first collection devoted entirely to the
concept will help make transparent the fundamental patterns that
propel living systems.
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