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- catalog abstract ""Jeffrey K. McKee argues that if we were to turn back the clock to our split from ancestral apes, evolution would proceed differently. Ever since our ancestors first stood up on two feet, natural selection undoubtedly was an important factor in guiding human evolution. But McKee shakes the standard notion that natural selection steered early hominids toward particular environmental adaptations. The fossil remains of our ancestors reveal a different story, one of an adaptable hominid with no particular direction. It becomes clear that the evolutionary road to Homo sapiens was not paved solely by natural selection; indeed, there was no road to follow. There was just a dim path cut out by prehistoric coincidences and contingencies. Had any link in the evolutionary chain of events been slightly different, then our species would not be as it is today ... or our ancestors may not have survived at all."--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b11860182.
- catalog created "c2000.".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "c2000.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "c2000.".
- catalog description ""Jeffrey K. McKee argues that if we were to turn back the clock to our split from ancestral apes, evolution would proceed differently. Ever since our ancestors first stood up on two feet, natural selection undoubtedly was an important factor in guiding human evolution. But McKee shakes the standard notion that natural selection steered early hominids toward particular environmental adaptations. The fossil remains of our ancestors reveal a different story, one of an adaptable hominid with no particular direction. It becomes clear that the evolutionary road to Homo sapiens was not paved solely by natural selection; indeed, there was no road to follow. There was just a dim path cut out by prehistoric coincidences and contingencies. Had any link in the evolutionary chain of events been slightly different, then our species would not be as it is today ... or our ancestors may not have survived at all."--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Chance, Coincidence, and Chaos -- Between a Rock and a Hard Place -- A Tale of Two Sites -- Speeding Up the Pace of Evolution -- Rebels Without a Cause -- The Mother of Invention -- "You Can't Always Get What You Want ..." -- Autocatalysis -- The Beginning and the End of Evolution.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 263-268) and index.".
- catalog extent "x, 280 p. :".
- catalog identifier "081352783X (alk. paper)".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "c2000.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Press,".
- catalog subject "2000 H-836".
- catalog subject "599.93/8 21".
- catalog subject "Biological Evolution.".
- catalog subject "Chance.".
- catalog subject "Coincidence.".
- catalog subject "GN 281 M478r 2000".
- catalog subject "GN281 .M396 2000".
- catalog subject "Human evolution.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Chance, Coincidence, and Chaos -- Between a Rock and a Hard Place -- A Tale of Two Sites -- Speeding Up the Pace of Evolution -- Rebels Without a Cause -- The Mother of Invention -- "You Can't Always Get What You Want ..." -- Autocatalysis -- The Beginning and the End of Evolution.".
- catalog title "The riddled chain : chance, coincidence, and chaos in human evolution / Jeffrey K. McKee.".
- catalog type "text".