Controversy Catastrophism and Evolution
Trevor Palmer · 1999
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In <em>Controversy</em>, 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.<br/> 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.
Book details
- Year
- 1999
- Language
- English
- Publisher
- Springer US
- Editions
- 3
- Pages
- 468
- ISBN
- 9781461549017
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