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The Evolution of Adaptive Systems

The General Theory of Evolution

  • 1st Edition - June 14, 2000
  • Author: James Patrick Brock
  • Language: English
  • eBook ISBN:
    9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 5 4 2 4 6 - 1

The data of evolutionary biology have changed in a very radical way in recent years, the most significant input to this revolution being the advances made in developmental ge… Read more

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The data of evolutionary biology have changed in a very radical way in recent years, the most significant input to this revolution being the advances made in developmental genetics. Another recent development is a noticeable shift away from extreme specialization in evolutionary biology. In this, we are perhaps to be reminded of George Gaylord Simpson's comments: "evolution is an incredibly complex but at the same time integrated and unitary process." The main objective of this book is to illustrate how natural adaptive systems evolve as a unity--with the particular objective of identifying and merging several special theories of evolution within the framework of a single general theory.

The Evolution of Adaptive Systems provides an interdisciplinary overview of the general theory of evolution from the standpoint of the dynamic behavior of natural adaptive systems. The approach leads to a radically new fusion of the diverse disciplines of evolutionary biology, serving to resolve the considerable degree of conflict existing between different schools of contemporary thought.