Title:
Evolution : what the fossils say and why it matters / Donald R. Prothero ; with original illustrations by Carl Buell.
Author:
Prothero, Donald R.
Buell, Carl Dennis.
Publication Information:
New York : Columbia University Press, c2007.
Call Number:
QE721.2.E85 P76 2007
ISBN:
9780231139625
9780231511421
Physical Description:
xxi, 381 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 27 cm.
Contents:
The nature of science -- Science and creationism -- The fossil record -- The evolution of evolution -- Systematics and evolution -- Life's origins -- Cambrian "explosion" or slow fuse? -- Spineless wonders of evolution -- Fish tales -- Fish out of water -- Onto the land and back to the sea: the amniotes -- Dinosaurs evolve and fly -- Mammalian explosion -- Bossies and blowholes -- The ape's reflection -- Why does it matter?
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