The Evolution Revolution
Published on 24. June 1998
Book
Paperback/Softback
312 pages
978-0-471-97407-9 (ISBN)
Description
The last decade has seen remarkable new discoveries regarding the evolution of life based on the fossil record--from new information about the earliest multi-celled animals to a new candidate for the ancestor of insects to landmark findings about the region and lifestyle of dinosaurs. This book aims to integrate all of these new findings in an overall evolutionary context, starting with new ideas on the evolution of life on this planet and progressing through the entire fossil record.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Chichester
United Kingdom
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
map
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Weight
570 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-97407-9 (9780471974079)
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Persons
Ken McNamara, is Senior Curator of invertebrate palaeontology, and John Long is Curator of Vertebrate Palaeontology, at the Western Australian Museum.
Content
Partial table of contents: We are the Champions!: The Long-Playing Microbial Fossil Record. Rise of the Gutless Wonders: Early Animal Evolution. Head or Tails?: The Incredibly Lucky Rise of the First Vertebrates. Tracking Down the Bugs: The Evolution of Insects. Say it with Flowers: Evolution in Plants. Reign of Pterosaurs: The First Flying Vertebrates. Battle of the Bulge: Why Did Dinosaurs Grow so Big? Children of the Evolution: Human Evolution from the Inside. Final Thoughts. References. Index.