Evolution - the Extended Synthesis. Massimo Pigliucci, Gerd B. Müller

Evolution - the Extended Synthesis


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Evolution - the Extended Synthesis Massimo Pigliucci, Gerd B. Müller
Publisher: The MIT Press




She is never hysterical, if anything too mild, and never against evolution. To learn more, visit the NESCent website. NESCent, Video podcast on how culture shaped Darwin's ideas provided by the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center (NESCent). We imagine that Darwin couldn't have asked for a better 200th birthday present than to see his life's work so powerfully extended. (Evolution: A View from the 21st Century), Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan (Acquiring Genomes: A Theory Of the Origin Of Species), Massimo Pigliucci and Gerd B. The edition contains a foreword by the biologists Gerd Muller and Massimo Pigliucci (authors of Evolution: the Extended Synthesis, always from MIT) that explains facets of the actuality of the book. "Should Evolutionary Theory Evolve? Some suggest it must be modified, like Gould when he suggests we tack on punctuated equilibrium, or at least extended. Would recommend reading Evolution, the Extended Synthesis (2010) edited by Massimo Pigliucci and Gerd B Műller and published by The MIT Press. Nice discussion of topics calling for more research in evolution. Primary literature: Abzhanov, A., Kuo, W. In July 2008 the 'Altenberg 16' met to attempt a new 'extended evolutionary synthesis'. Bacterial Cell Division and Peptidoglycan Synthesis: An Evolutionary Enigma . Some biologists are calling for a rethink of the rules of evolution". Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) now provide mature optimization tools that have successfully been applied to many problems, from designing antennas to complete robots, and provided many human-competitive results. Arnhart accuses Mazur of hysterical hatred of evolution, baloney.