Species Concepts: Review and Evaluation in the Context of their Applicability to Fossils.

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  • Katarzyna A. Kaszycka Instytut Antropologii UAM, Fredry 10, 61-701 POZNAŃ

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https://doi.org/10.18778/1898-6773.59.02

Abstract

In this paper, three major species concepts were reviewed and critically evaluated: the biological, the evolutionary and the phylogenetic species concepts. Both: ontological issues (what species are), and epistomological issues (how to recognize species) were discussed. 

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Kaszycka, Katarzyna A. 1996. “Species Concepts: Review and Evaluation in the Context of Their Applicability to Fossils”. Anthropological Review 59 (December): 19-29. https://doi.org/10.18778/1898-6773.59.02.