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ISBN 10: 1139904787
ISBN 13: 9781139904780
Author: Kampourakis 

Current books on evolutionary theory all seem to take for granted the fact that students find evolution easy to understand when actually, from a psychological perspective, it is a rather counterintuitive idea. Evolutionary theory, like all scientific theories, is a means to understanding the natural world. Understanding Evolution is intended for undergraduate students in the life sciences, biology teachers or anyone wanting a basic introduction to evolutionary theory. Covering core concepts and the structure of evolutionary explanations, it clarifies both what evolution is about and why so many people find it difficult to grasp. The book provides an introduction to the major concepts and conceptual obstacles to understanding evolution, including the development of Darwin’s theory, and a detailed presentation of the most important evolutionary concepts. Bridging the gap between the concepts and conceptual obstacles, Understanding Evolution presents evolutionary theory with a clarity and vision students will quickly appreciate.

Understanding Evolution 1st Table of contents:

1 An evolving world

How we know what we know about evolution

Questions answered by evolutionary biology

Domestication

Epidemic infectious disease

Conclusions

Further reading

2 Religious resistance to accepting evolution

Creation and design in nature

Evolution and worldviews: perceived conflicts

Evolution and religion: scientists’ views

Distinguishing between knowing and believing

Conclusions

Further reading

3 Conceptual obstacles to understanding evolution

Conceptual change in science

Design teleology as a conceptual obstacle to understanding evolution

Psychological essentialism as a conceptual obstacle to understanding evolution

Conceptual change in evolution

Conclusions

Further reading

4 Charles Darwin and the Origin of Species: a historical case study of conceptual change

The development of Darwin’s theory

Darwin’s conceptual change

The publication of the Origin of Species

Science and religion in the reviews of the Origin of Species

Conclusions

Further reading

5 Common ancestry

The evolutionary network of life

Homology and common descent

Homoplasy and convergence

Evolutionary developmental biology

Conclusions

Further reading

6 Evolutionary change

Adaptation and natural selection

Stochastic events and processes in evolution

Speciation, extinction, and macroevolution

Evolutionary explanations and the historicity of nature

Conclusions

Further reading

Concluding remarks

The virtues of evolutionary theory

Questions not answered by evolutionary theory

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