Controversy, catastrophism and evolution

Plenum Press

1998

xii, 452 pages

Includes bibliographical references (p. 347-430) and index

9780306457517

The context of evolution: the Earth and its surroundings The establishment of gradualism Gradualism under challenge Nemesis for evolutionary gradualism? The erratic descent of man Toward a new evolutionary synthesis The hammer and the pendulum

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. This book discusses topics such as the history of the solar system and hominid evolution

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