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George Gaylord Simpson: Paleontologist and Evolutionist

Léo F. Laporte

Paper, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12065-4
$29.00 / £20.00

November, 2000
Cloth, 256 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-12064-7
$83.50 / £57.50

Preface

1. Biographical Introduction

2. Paleontology and the Expansion of Biology

3. The Summer of 1924

4. Darwin's World

5. Paleocene Mammals of Montana

6. On Species

7. Tempo and Mode in Evolution

8. Mentor for Paleoanthropology

9. Wrong for the Right Reasons

10. The Mind's Eye

11. The Awkward Embrace

12. Concession to the Ineluctable

Related Subjects

Evolution

About the Author

Léo F. Laporte is Professor Emeritus of Earth Sciences at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

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