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The Deep Structure of Biology
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9780230639027
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Macmillan Publishers India
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Medical Study & Revision Guides & Reference Material
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Paperback
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Pages
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256
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Year
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2009
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In The Deep Structure of Biology, twelve renowned scientists, philosophers, and theologians examine the phenomenon of convergence in biology, providing examples found in plants, animals, and microbes, and expand on the topic by discussing metaphysical implications that emerge if it is determined that the processes of evolution are more predictable than customarily thought. The Deep Structure of Biology contains a chapter by editor Simon Conway Morris as well as: • Nicola Clayton • Nigel Franks • Karl Niklas • Celia Deane-Drummond • John Haught • Michael Ruse • Nathan Emery • Richard Lenski • Anthony Trewavas • Robert Foley • George McGhee • Hal Whitehead “A fascinating set of well-informed and well-reasoned meditations on the evidence for evo-lutionary convergence and its implications for our better understanding of Darwinian evolution and especially of ‘social intelligence.’ The essayists provide good reason to expect that we may indeed find ‘socially intelligent life’ elsewh
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Author Biography
Simon Conway Morriss is professor of evolutionary palaeobiology at the University of Cambridge where he received his Ph.D. A Gifford Lecturer in 2007, he is a fellow of the Royal Society and the recipient of numerous awards, including the WalcottMedal of the National Academy of Sciences and the Lyell Medal of the Geological Society of London. Table of Contents Chance and Necessity in Evolution • Convergent Evolution: A Periodic Table of Life? • Life’s Evolutionary History: Is It Determinate or Indeterminate? • Evolution and Convergence: Some Wider Considerations • Aspects of Plant Intelligence: Convergence and Evolution • Convergent Evolution, Serendipity, and Intelligence for the Simple Minded • Canny Corvids and Political Primates: A Case for Convergent Evolution in Intelligence • Social and Cultural Evolution in the Ocean: Convergences and Contrasts with Terrestrial Systems • The Illusion of Purpose in Evolution: A Human Evolutionary Perspective • Purpose in a Darwinian World • Plumbing the Depths: A Recovery of Natural Law and Natural Wisdom in the Context of Debates about Evolutionary Purpose • Purpose in Nature: On the Possibility of a Theology of Evolution • Contributors • Index
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