Gould's replay revisited

Biology and Philosophy

Volumn 26, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 65-79

  Turner, Derek D ^a  

^a The Holleran Center for Community Action and Public Policy   (United States)

Author keywords

Burgess shale; Chance; Contingency; Gould; History; Macroevolution

Indexed keywords

EVOLUTION; HISTORY;

EID: 78650305377     PISSN: 01693867     EISSN: 15728404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10539-010-9228-0     Document Type: Article

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