Theory of Life Evolution
Contents: Preface. 1. Introduction to evolution. 2. Social effect of evolutionary theory. 3. Theory of abiogenesis. 4. RNA world hypothesis. 5. Epigenetics. 6. Natural selection. 7. Coevolution. 8. Natural science. Index.
Evolution is occurring all the time, as an extremely gradual, incremental process. Evolution usually requires millions of years to cause obvious or dramatic changes, and any major evolutionary change requires thousands of intermediary transitional forms. However, an organism can only be called transitional in retrospect, looking back over countless millennia, evolution does not make long-term plans, and is only guided by short-term, opportunistic selection on an individual level. (jacket)
Evolution is occurring all the time, as an extremely gradual, incremental process. Evolution usually requires millions of years to cause obvious or dramatic changes, and any major evolutionary change requires thousands of intermediary transitional forms. However, an organism can only be called transitional in retrospect, looking back over countless millennia, evolution does not make long-term plans, and is only guided by short-term, opportunistic selection on an individual level. (jacket)
