Chapter I: Rates of Evolution

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Tables VII
4. Figures IX
5. Foreword XI
6. Preface XII
7. Introduction: Forty Years Later XIII
8. Introduction XXVII
9. Chapter I: Rates of Evolution 1
10. Chapter II: Determinants of Evolution 30
11. Chapter III: Micro-Evolution, Macro-Evolutiony and Mega-Evolution 97
12. Chapter IV: Low-Rate and High-Rate Lines 125
13. Chapter V: Inertia, Trend, and Momentum 149
14. Chapter VI: Organism and Environment 180
15. Chapter VII: Modes of Evolution 197
16. Works Cited 219
17. Index 227