Santiago Cassalett
Santiago Cassalett
Upholding the legacy: East African Association for Paleoanthropology and Paleontology held Its 4(th) biennial meeting in Kenya [0.03%]
继往开来：东非第四次古人类与古生物学双年会（肯尼亚）
Emmanuel Ndiema,Amanuel Beyin
Emmanuel Ndiema
John G Fleagle
John G Fleagle
Clifford J Jolly
Clifford J Jolly
A review of the vast literature on the epistemology and ontology of "species" is far beyond the capacity of both the writer and the length-allotment of this essay, limiting it to a somewhat dogmatic presentation of personal opinions, few of...
Philip D Gingerich
Philip D Gingerich
Species in the fossil record are population pools of genetic and phenetic variation at a place and time, morphologically recognizable and distinguishable from others by empirical standards. Change through time can be substantial, requiring ...
Tim D White
Tim D White
Evolutionary biologists created a large twentieth-century literature about delimiting biological species. Paleontologists contributed the unique complications of deep time. Toward century's end, one participant wrote: "In all probability mo...
Species: beasts of burden [0.03%]
物种：家养动物
Alfred L Rosenberger
Alfred L Rosenberger
Ernst Mayr (1904-2005) was the twentieth century's most influential writer to wrestle with the species problem. The following draws heavily on his work, albeit without presumptuously claiming to mirror his thinking or present any original i...
A pragmatic approach to the species problem from a paleontological perspective [0.03%]
从古生物学视角务实求是地看待“物种问题”
Mary T Silcox
Mary T Silcox
The ideal scenario for paleontologists would be for the species they designate to be equivalent to the species recognized for modern animals, in the sense that they were formed as a result of the same evolutionary processes. This would mean...
Dietmar Zinner,Christian Roos
Dietmar Zinner
Since Darwin's time, the question "what a species" has provoked fierce disputes and a tremendous number of publications, from short opinion papers to thick volumes. The debates covered fundamental philosophical questions, such as: Do specie...
Edward E Louis Jr,Runhua Lei
Edward E Louis Jr
The answer to the proffered question, "What is a species?" is considered one of the fundamental issues of biological science, as well as one of the most polarizing and sometimes acrimonious problems. Dozens of species concepts have been def...