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Evolution - the Extended Synthesis Massimo Pigliucci, Gerd B. Müller
Publisher: The MIT Press

This is the picture that emerges from evo-devo, epigenetics, comparative genomics, and other developments that feed what some researchers are calling the Extended Synthesis of evolution theory. And a consensus is emerging that it's time for change, or an “extended synthesis". 3/16 of one inch is how far Bob would have had to extend his left pinky in order to not sound like a blithering idiot on cocaine. While what is being called the “Extended Synthesis” does not outright dispense with natural selection and gene mutations, it subordinates them to minor roles. If the Modern Synthesis is inadequate, then we should be talking about alternatives. The relevant text I would recommend is Evolution: The Extended Synthesis edited by a certain Massimo Pigliucci and Gerd Muller. A major debate in evolutionary biology circles today is whether the mid-20th century modern synthesis needs to be radically updated. The National Evolutionary Synthesis Center Although walking on our extended hind limbs is the hallmark adaptation characterizing our species it nevertheless makes us vulnerable to a wide range of serious joint and soft tissue problems. The theory asserts, perhaps disagreement is defined. Our contemporary understanding of evolution is (1) encompassed by the Modern Synthesis, (2) encompassed by an extended version of the Modern Synthesis (3) at odds with the Modern Synthesis. The purpose of this book is to present a new mechanistic theory of mutation-driven evolution based on recent advances in genomics and evolutionary developmental biology. New calculations extend Einstein's general theory of relativity into the universe's first few moments. (Evolution: A View from the 21st Century), Lynn Margulis and Dorion Sagan (Acquiring Genomes: A Theory Of the Origin Of Species), Massimo Pigliucci and Gerd B. Scientists Extend Einstein's Relativity to the Universe's First Moments.