Article ID: CBB366174772

Manifest ambiguity: Intermediate forms, variation, and mammal paleontology in Argentina, 1830–1880 (2017)

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This paper presents the impact of diverse aspects of Darwin's works on the practices of mammal paleontology in different moments of nineteenth-century Argentina. Starting with Darwin through the publications of Florentino Ameghino, it shows the extraordinary complexity of systematic paleontology that characterized the second half of the nineteenth century. Neither “natural selection” nor “struggle for life” seemed to have shaped the practices of vertebrate paleontology in Argentina. Darwin's earlier work as a voyageur and geologist together with later concerns about intermediate forms and variation allow for an assessment of the impact of Darwin's work on the practice of paleontology in Argentina.

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Authors & Contributors
Novoa, Adriana
McMillan, R. Bruce
Levine, Alex
Meiring, Henry-James
Yu, Xiaobo
Pereira Martins, Lilian Al-Chueyr
Concepts
Paleontology
Evolution
Darwinism
Vertebrate zoology
Biology
Fossils
Time Periods
19th century
20th century
20th century, early
18th century
Places
Argentina
United States
Germany
Missouri (U.S.)
Romania
South America
Institutions
Acclimatisation Society of Victoria
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