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Species Transformation and Social Reform: The Role of the Will in Jean-Baptiste Lamarck's Transformist Theory. 物种转化与社会改革：让-巴蒂斯特-拉马克的变革理论中意志的作用。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-03-08 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-023-09707-x

Caden Testa

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Correction: Joel Hagen. Life out of Balance: Homeostasis and Adaptation in a Darwinian World, Tuscaloosa: University of Alabama Press, 2021, ISBN 9780817320898, 360 pp 更正:乔尔·哈根。失去平衡的生命:达尔文世界中的稳态和适应，塔斯卡卢萨:阿拉巴马大学出版社，2021年，ISBN 9780817320898, 360页

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-023-09718-8

William C. Kimler

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"My Reputation is at Stake." Humboldt's Mountain Plant Geography in the Making (1803-1825). "我的声誉受到了威胁"。洪堡山地植物地理学的形成（1803-1825 年）。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-03-21 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-023-09705-z

Susanne S Renner, Ulrich Päßler, Pierre Moret

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Inaugural Editorial. 就职社论。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-023-09713-z

Nicolas Rasmussen, Vassiliki Betty Smocovitis

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The Yale Geochronometric Laboratory and the Rewriting of Global Environmental History. 耶鲁地质年代测定实验室与全球环境史的改写。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-03-15 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-023-09704-0

Laura J Martin

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The Neo-Lamarckian Tools Deployed by the Young Durkheim: 1882-1892. 年轻的迪尔凯姆运用的新拉马克主义工具:1882-1892。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2023-03-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-023-09708-w

Snait B Gissis

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The Social Politics of Karl Escherich's 1933 Inaugural Presidential Lecture. 卡尔-埃舍利 1933 年就职总统演讲的社会政治学。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2023-03-01 Epub Date: 2023-06-19 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-023-09702-2

Geoffrey Winthrop-Young

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Collaboration, Gender, and Leadership at the Minnesota Seaside Station, 1901-1907. 明尼苏达海滨站的合作、性别与领导力，1901-1907 年。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2022-12-01 Epub Date: 2022-07-04 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-022-09679-4

Sally Gregory Kohlstedt

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Liguus Landscapes: Amateur Liggers, Professional Malacology, and the Social Lives of Snail Sciences. ligus景观:业余ligger，专业Malacology和蜗牛科学的社会生活。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-022-09695-4

Jonathan M Galka

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Alexander Dalrymple, the Utility of Coral Reefs, and Charles Darwin's Structure and Distribution of Coral Reefs. 亚历山大·达尔林普尔，珊瑚礁的效用，和查尔斯·达尔文的珊瑚礁的结构和分布。

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Journal of the History of Biology Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI: 10.1007/s10739-022-09699-0

Ali Mirza

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