Evolution in four dimensions : genetic, epigenetic, behavioral, and symbolic variation in the history of life /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Massachusetts :
MIT Press,
[2014]
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| Edition: | Revised edition. |
| Series: | Life and mind.
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Table of Contents:
- I. The First Dimension. 1. The transformations of Darwinism ; 2. From genes to characters ; 3. Genetic variation : blind, directed, interpretive?
- II. Three More Dimensions. 4. The epigenetic inheritance systems ; 5. The behavioral inheritance systems ; 6. The symbolic inheritance system
- Between the acts : an interim summary
- III. Putting Humpty Dumpty Together Again. 7. Interacting dimensions : genes and epigenetic systems ; 8. Genes and behavior, genes and language ; 9. Lamarckism evolving : the evolution of the educated guess ; 10. A last dialogue
- IV. After Nine Years. 11. Developing evolution.