The intense controversies that surrounded the youth of punctuated equilibrium have helped
it mature to a useful extension of evolutionary theory. As a complement to phyletic …

One of the most important shifts in evolutionary biology in the past 50 years is an increased
recognition of sluggish evolution and failures to adapt, which seem paradoxical in view of …

As the name suggests, multi-objective optimisation involves optimising a number of
objectives simultaneously. The problem becomes challenging when the objectives are of …

The world's most revered and eloquent interpreter of evolutionary ideas offers here a work of
explanatory force unprecedented in our time—a landmark publication, both for its historical …

First published 10 years ago, Manuel DeLanda's Intensive Science and Virtual Philosophy
rapidly established itself as a landmark text in contemporary continental thought. DeLanda …

The long-awaited revision of the industry standard on phylogenetics Since the publication of
the first edition of this landmark volume more than twenty-five years ago, phylogenetic …

Is the history of life a series of accidents or a drama scripted by selfish genes? Is there an"
essential" human nature, determined at birth or in a distant evolutionary past? What should …

In this work, George C. Williams--one of evolutionary biology's most distinguished scholars--
examines the mechanisms and meaning of natural selection in evolution. Williams offers his …

The widespread correspondence between phenotypic variation and environmental
conditions, the “fit” of organisms to their environment, reflects the adaptive value of plant …

Variability selection (abbreviated as VS) is a process considered to link adaptive change to
large degrees of environment variability. Its application to hominid evolution is based, in …