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Books
- A. Rosenberg and D.W. McShea, Philosophy of Biology: A Contemporary Introduction
(2007), Routledge. [abs] [author's comments].
Papers Published
- Payne, J.L., A.G. Boyer, J.H. Brown, S. Finnegan, M. Kowalewski, R.A. Krause, Jr., S.K. Lyons, C.R. McClain, D.W. McShea, P.M. Novack-Gottshall, F.A. Smith, J.A. Stempien, and S.C. Wang, Two-phase increase in the maximum size of life over 3.5 billion years reflects biological innovation and environmental opportunity,
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, vol. 106
(2009),
pp. 24-27.
- J. Marcot and D.W. McShea, Increasing hierarchical complexity throughout the history of life: phylogenetic tests of trend mechanisms,
Paleobiology, vol. 33
(2007),
pp. 182-200 [abs] [author's comments].
- D.W. McShea, The evolution of complexity without natural selection (or, a possible large-scale trend of the fourth kind),
Paleobiology, vol. 31 (Supplement)
(2005),
pp. 146-156.
- D.W. McShea, A universal generative tendency toward increased organismal complexity,
in Variation: A Central Concept in Biology, edited by B. Hallgrimsson and B. Hall
(2005),
pp. 435-453, Academic Press.
- D.W. McShea and C. Anderson, The remodularization of the organism,
in Modularity: Understanding the Development and Evolution of Natural Complex Systems, edited by W. Callebaut and D. Rasskin-Gutman
(2005),
pp. 185-206, The MIT Press.
- D.W. McShea, (Abstract) The evolution of complexity without natural selection,
Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, vol. 36
(2004),
pp. A-18.
- Marcot, J.D. and D.W. McShea, (Abstract) Phylogenetic tests of directional bias in hierarchical evolution,
Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, vol. 36
(2004),
pp. A-18.
- L. Marino, D.W. McShea, and M.D. Uhen, Origin and evolution of large brains in toothed whales,
Anatomical Record, vol. 281A
(2004),
pp. 1247-1255.
- Marino, L., M.D. Uhen, D. McShea, (Abstract) Encephalization trends in cetacean evolution: New data and new analyses,
Brain, Behavior, and Evolution
(2003).
- P.M. Novack-Gottshall and D.W. McShea, (Abstract) Quantifying ecological disparity: comparative paleoecology of Ordovician and Recent marine assemblages,
Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, vol. 35
(2003).
- D.W. McShea and M.A. Changizi, Three puzzles in hierarchical evolution,
Integrative and Comparative Biology, vol. 43
(2003),
pp. 74-81.
- D.W. McShea, A complexity drain on cells in the evolution of multicellularity,
Evolution, vol. 56 no. 3
(2002),
pp. 441-452.
- D.W. McShea and E.P. Venit, Testing for bias in the evolution of coloniality: A demonstration in cyclostome bryozoans,
Paleobiology, vol. 28 no. 3
(2002),
pp. 308-327.
- Anderson, C and DW McShea, Intermediate-level parts in insect societies: adaptive structures that ants build away from the nest,
Insectes Sociaux, vol. 48
(January, 2001),
pp. 291-301.
- D.W. McShea, The "minor transitions" in hierarchial evolution and the question of directional bias,
Journal of Evolutionary Biology, vol. 14
(2001),
pp. 502-518.
- D.W. McShea, The hierarchical structure of organisms: a scale and documentation of a trend in the maximum,
Paleobiology, vol. 27
(2001),
pp. 405-423.
- Ciampaglio, C.N., M. Kemp, and D.W. McShea, Detecting changes in morphospace occupation patterns in the fossil record: characterization and analysis of measures of disparity,
Paleobiology, vol. 27 no. 4
(2001),
pp. 695-715.
- Anderson, C, NR Franks, and DW McShea, The complexity and hierarchial structure of tasks in insect societies,
Animal Behaviour, vol. 62
(2001),
pp. 643-651.
- Anderson, C and DW McShea, Individual versus social complexity, with particular reference to ant colonies,
Biological Reviews (of the Cambridge Philosophical Society), vol. 76
(2001),
pp. 211-237.
- D.W. McShea, Parts and integration: consequences of hierarchy,
in Evolutionary Patterns: Growth, Form, and Tempo in the Fossil Record, pp. 27-60, edited by JBC Jackson, S Lidgard, and FK McKinney
(2001), Chicago: Univ. Chicago Press.
- D.W. McShea, Evolutionary trends,
in Palaeobiology II, pp. 206-210, edited by DEG Briggs and PR Crowther
(2001), Oxford: Blackwell.
- D.W. McShea and E.P. Venit, What is a part?,
in The Character Concept in Evolutionary Biology, edited by G.P. Wagner
(2001).
- D.W. McShea, Trends, tools, and terminology,
Paleobiology, vol. 26
(2000),
pp. 330-333.
- D.W. McShea, Functional complexity in organisms: parts as proxies,
Biology and Philosophy, vol. 15
(2000),
pp. 641-668.
- D.W. McShea, A hypothesis about hierarchies,
in Unifying Themes in Complex Systems, edited by Y. Bar-Yam
(2000).
- R.J. McShea and D.W. McShea, Biology and value theory,
in Biology and the Foundation of Ethics, edited by J. Maienschein and M. Ruse
(1999), Cambridge University Press.
- D.W. McShea, Feelings as the proximate cause of behavior,
in Where Psychology Meets Biology: Philosophical Essays, edited by V.G. Hardcastle
(1999), Cambridge University Press.
- D.W. McShea, E.P. Venit, and V.B. Simon, Hierarchical complexity of organisms: dynamics of a well-known trend,
Abstracts with Programs, Geological Society of America, vol. 31
(1999),
pp. A-171 (Abstract only.).
- D.W. McShea, Possible largest-scale trends in organismal evolution: eight "live hypotheses",
Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics, vol. 29
(1998),
pp. 293-318.
- D.W. McShea, Dynamics of large-scale trends,
in Biodiversity Dynamics, edited by M.L. McKinney and J.A. Drake
(1998).
Papers Accepted
- D.W. McShea and C.G. Simpson, The miscellaneous transitions in evolution,
in The Major Transitions Revisited (title tentative), K. Sterelny, ed.
(Publication expected in 2009), The MIT Press.
- D.W. McShea, Evolutionary progress,
in The Harvard Companion to Evolution, M. Ruse, ed.
(Publication expected in 2009), Cambridge University Press.
Book Reviews
- D.W. McShea, Adaptive glory,
American Scientist, vol. 91
(November, 2003),
pp. 567-569 (Review of Darwin and Design by Michael Ruse.).
- D.W. McShea, A Revised Darwinism,
Biology and Philosophy
(2003) (Review of The Structure of Evolutionary Theory by Stephen Jay Gould, in press.).
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