Evolution pioneers: celebrating Lamarck at 200, Darwin 215 Export

@article{citeulike:5760290, abstract = {I take issue with the contention that Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles, tackled evolution only in poetic terms, as implied by Dan Graur and colleagues in their insightful Book Review ('In retrospect: Lamarck's treatise at 200' Nature 460, 688–689; 2009).Erasmus Darwin's most important contributions to evolutionary thought will be found in the very unpoetic prose of the first volume of his major medical and zoological treatise, Zoonomia, published in 1794.}, author = {Friedman, William E.}, citeulike-article-id = {5760290}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/461167b}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/461167b}, day = {09}, doi = {10.1038/461167b}, issn = {0028-0836}, journal = {Nature}, keywords = {popularization}, month = {September}, number = {7261}, pages = {167}, posted-at = {2009-09-26 00:17:58}, priority = {0}, publisher = {Nature Publishing Group}, title = {Evolution pioneers: celebrating Lamarck at 200, Darwin 215}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/461167b}, volume = {461}, year = {2009} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:5760290 L3 - citeulike-article-id:5760290 N2 - I take issue with the contention that Erasmus Darwin, the grandfather of Charles, tackled evolution only in poetic terms, as implied by Dan Graur and colleagues in their insightful Book Review ('In retrospect: Lamarck's treatise at 200' Nature 460, 688–689; 2009).Erasmus Darwin's most important contributions to evolutionary thought will be found in the very unpoetic prose of the first volume of his major medical and zoological treatise, Zoonomia, published in 1794. IS - 7261 JF - Nature SN - 0028-0836 EP - 167 TI - Evolution pioneers: celebrating Lamarck at 200, Darwin 215 PB - Nature Publishing Group VL - 461 SP - 167 KW - popularization AU - Friedman, William PY - 2009/09/09/ UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/461167b ER -