A New Paradigm for the Conquest of Land by Vertebrates That Includes Exaptations - Triques, Mauro Luís; Christoffersen, Martin Lindsey
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A new view for studying and understanding biological evolution emerges when the concepts of phylogenetic systematics and exaptation are combined. A new definition of macroevolution is created. Preadaptation is shown to be a null concept and its comparison with exaptation is shown to be inappropriate. This book criticizes the prevailing view, the adaptationist, microevolutionary outlook, which considers adaptation as being the exclusive or main evolutionary process responsible for vertebrates having occupied the terrestrial environment. The authors argue that the macroevolutionary processes are…mehr

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A new view for studying and understanding biological evolution emerges when the concepts of phylogenetic systematics and exaptation are combined. A new definition of macroevolution is created. Preadaptation is shown to be a null concept and its comparison with exaptation is shown to be inappropriate. This book criticizes the prevailing view, the adaptationist, microevolutionary outlook, which considers adaptation as being the exclusive or main evolutionary process responsible for vertebrates having occupied the terrestrial environment. The authors argue that the macroevolutionary processes are significantly more important to explain an improbable evolutionary event. Their research shows that macroevolutionary processes are the dominant factors involved in the origin of terrestriality. This book is a revised and expanded English translation from the original Portuguese edition Peixes conquistam a terra firme: nova abordagem para um evento acidental único (Editora Baraúna, 2017).
Autorenporträt
Mauro Luís Triques, Ph.D. (1994), is Associate Professor at Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil. He has published 27 scientific papers, mainly on Neotropical freshwater-fish systematics, including phylogenies. Currently, he focuses his work on the theory of biological evolution, strengthening a pluralistic outlook. Recently, he authored the popular science book Exaptação! Uma via paralela da evolução biológica (sgdz, 2021). Martin Lindsey Christoffersen, Ph.D. (1980), is Full Professor at Federal University of Paraíba, Brazil. He has published over 300 scientific papers (articles, book chapters, and books), focusing on macroevolutionary theory, invertebrate systematics, metazoan phylogeny, philosophy of science, science education, and biodiversity.