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In this fascinating read, Kauffman concludes that the development of life on earth is not entirely predictable, because no theory could ever fully account for the limitless variations of evolution. Sure to cause a stir, this book will be discussed for years to come and may even set the tone for the next "great thinker.".

Evolutionary developmental biology. --- Evolution (Biology)

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In this book Ron Amundson examines two hundred years of scientific views on the evolution-development relationship from the perspective of evolutionary developmental biology (evo-devo). This perspective challenges several popular views about the history of evolutionary thought by claiming that many earlier authors had made history come out right for the Evolutionary Synthesis. The book starts with a revised history of nineteenth-century evolutionary thought. It then investigates how development became irrelevant with the Evolutionary Synthesis. It concludes with an examination of the contrasts that persist between mainstream evolutionary theory and evo-devo. This book will appeal to students and professionals in the philosophy and history of science, and biology.

Developmental biology --- Embryology --- Evolution (Biology) --- evolutietheorie (darwinisme) --- Animal embryology --- Animals --- Development, Embryological --- Development, Embryonic --- Development, Zygotic --- Embryogenesis --- Embryogeny --- Embryological development --- Embryonic development --- Zoology --- Zygote development --- Zygotes --- Zygotic development --- Zygotic embryogenesis --- Morphology (Animals) --- Embryos --- Reproduction --- Development (Biology) --- Biology --- Growth --- Ontogeny --- Philosophy --- théorie de l'évolution (darwinisme) --- Development --- Philosophy. --- Evolutionary developmental biology --- Developmental evolution (Biology) --- Evo-devo (Evolutionary developmental biology) --- Evolution of development (Biology) --- Evolutionary biology of development --- Arts and Humanities

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We tend to see history and evolution springing from separate roots, one grounded in the human world and the other in the natural world. Human beings have, however, become probably the most powerful species shaping evolution today, and human-caused evolution in other species has probably been the most important force shaping human history. This book introduces readers to evolutionary history, a new field that unites history and biology to create a fuller understanding of the past than either can produce on its own. Evolutionary history can stimulate surprising new hypotheses for any field of history and evolutionary biology. How many art historians would have guessed that sculpture encouraged the evolution of tuskless elephants? How many biologists would have predicted that human poverty would accelerate animal evolution? How many military historians would have suspected that plant evolution would convert a counter-insurgency strategy into a rebel subsidy? With examples from around the globe, this book will help readers see the broadest patterns of history and the details of their own life in a new light.

Evolution. Phylogeny --- History as a science --- HIS History & Biographies --- life history --- history of biology --- evolutionary biology --- evo-devo (evolutionary developmental biology) --- Evolution (Biology) --- Evolution --- Animal evolution --- Animals --- Biological evolution --- Darwinism --- Evolutionary biology --- Evolutionary science --- Origin of species --- Biology --- Biological fitness --- Homoplasy --- Natural selection --- Phylogeny --- History. --- Arts and Humanities --- History

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Recent and ongoing debates in biology and the philosophy of biology reveal a widespread dissatisfaction with traditional explanatory frameworks. There are also problems with the current definitions or circumscriptions of key concepts such as gene, species, and homology, and even of whole disciplinary fields within the life sciences, e.g. developmental biology. These contrasting views are arguably a symptom of the need to revisit traditional, unchallenged partitions between the specialist disciplines within the life sciences. In the diversity of topics addressed and approaches to move beyond the current disciplinary organization, the five essays in this volume will hopefully stimulate further exploration towards an improved articulation of life sciences.

research programs --- scientific pluralism --- taxonomic theory --- taxonomic pluralisms --- typology --- phylogenetics --- biosystematics --- numerical taxonomy --- biomorphics --- evo-devo --- nomadic concept --- nomadic discipline --- anchor concept --- anchor discipline --- life cycle --- generation --- organizational module --- species --- evolutionary developmental biology --- evolutionary extended synthesis --- theory of development --- active inference --- attention --- development --- evolution --- language --- memory --- pragmatics --- reference frames --- scale-free cognition --- self --- stigmergy --- process philosophy --- scientific perspectivism --- developmental genetics --- plant structure ontology --- homology --- land plant phylogeny --- morphological misfits --- flower --- phyllotaxis --- Utricularia --- n/a