| Description |
xii, 298 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm |
| Contents |
1. We are the Champions!: The long-playing microbial fossil record -- 2. Rise of the Gutless Wonders: Early animal evolution -- 3. Cambrian Dreamtime Menagerie: Hallucigenia, Jianfengia and other taxonomic nightmares -- 4. Head or Tails? The incredibly lucky rise of the first vertebrates -- 5. Walk on the Wild Side: The colonisation of land -- 6. Jaw Wars: the Empire Bites Back: The evolution of jawed fishes -- 7. Tracking Down the Bugs: The evolution of insects -- 8. First Foot Forward: The vertebrates' escape from the sea -- 9. Say it with Flowers: Evolution in plants -- 10. Monsters of the Deep: New advances in the evolution of Mesozoic marine reptiles -- 11. Reign of Pterosaurs: The first flying vertebrates -- 12. Dinosaurs of the Twilight Zone: Polar dinosaur faunas -- 13. Birds of a Feather Fossilise Together: The early evolution of birds -- 14. Battle of the Bulge: Why did dinosaurs grow so big? |
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15. The Tooth, the Whole Tooth, and Nothing but the Tooth: Gondwana's treasure-trove of fossil mammals -- 16. Murder and Mayhem in the Miocene: Predation pressure driving evolution -- 17. Children of the Evolution: Human evolution from the inside -- 18. Old Friends Revisited: A new look at classic examples of evolution -- 19. Final Thoughts |
| Summary |
Tackles all the current controversies in paleontology in an entertaining and informative manner |
| Notes |
Includes index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [265]-283) and index |
| Subject |
Evolution (Biology)
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Evolutionary paleobiology.
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| Genre/Form |
Aufsatzsammlung
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| Author |
Long, John A., 1957-
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| LC no. |
98010109 |
| ISBN |
0471974064 |
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0471974072 |
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