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100 1 _aOdling-Smee, J. C.
_q(John C.),
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_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n78085287
245 1 0 _aNiche construction :
_bhow life contributes to its own evolution /
_cJohn Odling-Smee.
246 3 0 _aHow life contributes to its own evolution
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bThe MIT Press,
_c[2024]
300 _a1 online resource (unpaged) :
_billustrations
336 _atext
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_2rdacontent
337 _acomputer
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338 _aonline resource
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _aWhat is life? -- Information -- Adaptation -- Adaptive know how in evolution -- Life on any planet -- The origin of life -- Supplementary "knowledge-gaining" processes in evolution -- The origin and evolution of ecosystems -- Extending the synthesis -- How are humans contributing to the evolution of life?
520 _a"The modification of environments by the niche-constructing activities of organisms changes the subject matter of evolutionary theory"--
_cProvided by publisher.
520 _aHow niche construction theory extends evolutionary theory beyond natural selection to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments. In Niche Construction, John Odling-Smee, the leading authority on niche construction theory, extends evolutionary theory from an explanation of how populations of organisms respond to natural selection pressures in their environments to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments. Organisms, he shows, cause changes in their local external environments by interacting with them, thereby contributing in fundamental ways to their own and one another's evolution. This book applies niche construction theory to current problems such as human-induced global warming and suggests how humans might contribute positively to the future evolution of life on Earth. Odling-Smee explains how orthodox evolutionary theory falls short in two ways. First, it does not describe how organisms contribute to their own and one another's evolution through their environment-changing niche constructing activities. Second, it fails to explain how genetic evolution can give rise to supplementary knowledge-gaining processes in many species. These include certain developmental processes in individual organisms and socio-cultural processes in animals, including humans. Neo-Darwinism, the author writes, assesses the fitness of individual organisms in populations in terms of their capacity to survive and reproduce, but without attributing these capacities to the active, purposeful agency of organisms. He argues that the purposeful agency of individual organisms plays a central role in evolution. He also discusses the relationship of an organism's energy-consuming activities and the second law of thermodynamics.
540 _aCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
_fCC BY-NC-ND 4.0
_uhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/BY-NC-ND/4.0/
588 _aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 10, 2024).
650 0 _aEvolution (Biology)
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh90004042
650 0 _aAdaptation (Biology)
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85000800
650 0 _aBioenergetics.
_0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85014133
655 4 _aElectronic books.
856 4 0 _uhttps://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/146763
_yFull text is available at the Directory of Open Access Books. Click here to view.
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