Asymmetry of lineages and the direction of evolutionary time

Evolutionary time has a characteristic direction as demonstrated by the asymmetry of clade diversity diagrams in large statistical samples. Evolutionary groups generally concentrate diversity during their early histories, producing a preponderance of bottom-heavy clades among those that arise early...

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Main Authors: Gould, Stephen Jay (Author), Gilinsky, Norman L. (Author), German, Rebecca Z. (Author)
Format: Analytics
Language:English
Published: 1987.
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