Controversy Catastrophism and Evolution: The Ongoing Debate
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- English
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- Environmental
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- 0306457512
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Controversy Catastrophism and Evolution: The Ongoing Debate
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ISBN: 0306457512
Author: Palmer, Trevor
Condition: New
In Controversy, Trevor Palmer fully documents how traditional gradualistic views of biological and geographic evolution are giving way to a catastrophism that credits cataclysmic events, such as meteorite impacts, for the rapid bursts and abrupt transitions observed in the fossil record.According to the catastrophists, new species do not evolve gradually; they proliferate following sudden mass extinctions. Placing this major change of perspective within the context of a range of ancient debates, Palmer discusses such topics as the history of the solar system, present-day extraterrestrial threats to earth, hominid evolution, and the fossil record.
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