The biotic message : evolution versus message theory / [print]
Walter James ReMine.
- first edition.
- Saint Paul, Minnesota : St. Paul Science, (c)1993.
- 538 pages ; 27 cm.
Evolution versus the biotic message -- Naturalism versus science -- The origin of life -- Survival of the fittest -- Inventive natural selection -- Darwinian scenarios -- Population genetics -- Haldane's dilemma -- The neutral theory of evolution -- Gradual integradations and phylogeny -- Modern systematic methods -- Evolutionary illusions -- The fossil record -- Punctuated equilibria -- Hierarchy theory -- Nested hierarchy and convergence -- Embryology -- Vestigial organs -- Molecular evolution -- Illusions of fossil sequence -- Fossil sequence and message theory -- Biogeography -- Cosmological issues -- Discontinuity systematics -- Systematics and the origins debate -- Conclusions -- Appendix to survival of the fittest -- Appendix to population genetics -- Appendix to Haldane's dilemma -- Appendix to discontinuity systematics.