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

Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Volume: 66
Pages: 27-36

URI: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1369848617300742

DOI: 10.1016/j.shpsc.2017.09.002

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Vertebrate zoology Mammalogy Paleontology Evolution Darwinism 19th century Argentina

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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