001562188 000__ 04335cam\\2200661\i\4500 001562188 001__ 1562188 001562188 003__ OCoLC 001562188 005__ 20241018093641.0 001562188 006__ m\\\\\o\\d\\\\\\\\ 001562188 007__ cr\cn\nnnunnun 001562188 008__ 231111s2024\\\\maua\\\\ob\\\\001\0\eng\d 001562188 010__ $$a2023035587 001562188 020__ $$a9780262378888$$qelectronic book 001562188 020__ $$a0262378884$$qelectronic book 001562188 020__ $$a9780262378895$$qelectronic book 001562188 020__ $$a0262378892$$qelectronic book 001562188 020__ $$z9780262548168$$qpaperback 001562188 035__ $$a(OCoLC)1413440512 001562188 040__ $$aDLC$$beng$$erda$$cDLC$$dOCLCO$$dOCLCF$$dMITPR$$dYDX$$dOCLCO$$dMTH 001562188 042__ $$apcc 001562188 049__ $$aISEA 001562188 05004 $$aQH366.2$$b.O33 2024 001562188 072_7 $$aSCI$$x027000$$2bisacsh 001562188 08200 $$a576.8$$223/eng/20231211 001562188 1001_ $$aOdling-Smee, J. C.$$q(John C.),$$eauthor.$$1https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJghvjH9dYw38QKYXHFBT3 001562188 24510 $$aNiche construction :$$bhow life contributes to its own evolution /$$cJohn Odling-Smee. 001562188 24630 $$aHow life contributes to its own evolution 001562188 264_1 $$aCambridge, Massachusetts :$$bThe MIT Press,$$c[2024] 001562188 300__ $$a1 online resource (unpaged) :$$billustrations 001562188 336__ $$atext$$btxt$$2rdacontent 001562188 337__ $$acomputer$$bc$$2rdamedia 001562188 338__ $$aonline resource$$bcr$$2rdacarrier 001562188 504__ $$aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 001562188 5050_ $$aWhat is life? -- Information -- Adaptation -- Adaptive know how in evolution -- Life on any planet -- The origin of life -- Supplementary "knowledge-gaining" processes in evolution -- The origin and evolution of ecosystems -- Extending the synthesis -- How are humans contributing to the evolution of life? 001562188 520__ $$a"The modification of environments by the niche-constructing activities of organisms changes the subject matter of evolutionary theory"--$$cProvided by publisher. 001562188 520__ $$aHow niche construction theory extends evolutionary theory beyond natural selection to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments. In Niche Construction, John Odling-Smee, the leading authority on niche construction theory, extends evolutionary theory from an explanation of how populations of organisms respond to natural selection pressures in their environments to a more general theory about the coevolution of organisms with their environments. Organisms, he shows, cause changes in their local external environments by interacting with them, thereby contributing in fundamental ways to their own and one another's evolution. This book applies niche construction theory to current problems such as human-induced global warming and suggests how humans might contribute positively to the future evolution of life on Earth. Odling-Smee explains how orthodox evolutionary theory falls short in two ways. First, it does not describe how organisms contribute to their own and one another's evolution through their environment-changing niche constructing activities. Second, it fails to explain how genetic evolution can give rise to supplementary knowledge-gaining processes in many species. These include certain developmental processes in individual organisms and socio-cultural processes in animals, including humans. Neo-Darwinism, the author writes, assesses the fitness of individual organisms in populations in terms of their capacity to survive and reproduce, but without attributing these capacities to the active, purposeful agency of organisms. He argues that the purposeful agency of individual organisms plays a central role in evolution. He also discusses the relationship of an organism's energy-consuming activities and the second law of thermodynamics. 001562188 588__ $$aDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on September 10, 2024). 001562188 588__ $$aOCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record. 001562188 650_6 $$aAdaptation (Biologie) 001562188 650_6 $$aBioénergétique. 001562188 650_7 $$aAdaptation (Biology)$$2fast 001562188 650_7 $$aBioenergetics$$2fast 001562188 650_7 $$aEvolution (Biology)$$2fast 001562188 650_0 $$aEvolution (Biology)$$vJuvenile literature$$0(DLC)sh2008103382 001562188 650_0 $$aAdaptation (Biology) 001562188 650_0 $$aBioenergetics. 001562188 655_0 $$aElectronic books 001562188 77608 $$iPrint version:$$aOdling-Smee, J. C.$$tHow life contributes to its own evolution$$dCambridge, Massachusetts : The MIT Press, [2024]$$z9780262548168$$w(DLC) 2023035586 001562188 852__ $$bebk 001562188 85640 $$3MIT Press$$uhttps://doi.org/10.7551/mitpress/13942.001.0001$$zOnline Access$$zOnline Access through The MIT Press Direct 001562188 85642 $$3OCLC metadata license agreement$$uhttp://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf 001562188 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:1562188$$pGLOBAL_SET 001562188 980__ $$aEBOOK 001562188 980__ $$aBIB 001562188 982__ $$aEbook 001562188 983__ $$aOnline