Evolution And The Fossil Record
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Prehistoric Life
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Author : Bruce S. Lieberman
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2010-03-22
Prehistoric Life written by Bruce S. Lieberman and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-03-22 with Science categories.
Prehistoric life is the archive of evolution preserved in the fossil record. This book focuses on the meaning and significance of that archive and is designed for introductory college science students, including non-science majors, enrolled in survey courses emphasizing paleontology, geology and biology. From the origins of animals to the evolution of rap music, from ancient mass extinctions to the current biodiversity crisis, and from the Snowball Earth to present day climate change this book covers it, with an eye towards showing how past life on Earth puts the modern world into its proper context. The history of life and the patterns and processes of evolution are especially emphasized, as are the interconnections between our planet, its climate system, and its varied life forms. The book does not just describe the history of life, but uses actual examples from life’s history to illustrate important concepts and theories.
Evolution And The Fossil Record
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Author : Keith Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1989
Evolution And The Fossil Record written by Keith Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1989 with Evolution categories.
Evolution And The Fossil Record
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Author : John Pojeta (Jr.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2001
Evolution And The Fossil Record written by John Pojeta (Jr.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001 with Nature categories.
Evolution And The Fossil Record
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Author : Léo F. Laporte
language : en
Publisher: W.H. Freeman
Release Date : 1978-01-01
Evolution And The Fossil Record written by Léo F. Laporte and has been published by W.H. Freeman this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1978-01-01 with Evolution categories.
Patterns Of Evolution As Illustrated By The Fossil Record
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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Elsevier
Release Date : 1977-01-15
Patterns Of Evolution As Illustrated By The Fossil Record written by and has been published by Elsevier this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977-01-15 with Science categories.
Patterns of evolution, as illustrated by the fossil record
Systematics And The Fossil Record
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Author : Andrew B. Smith
language : en
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Release Date : 2009-07-15
Systematics And The Fossil Record written by Andrew B. Smith and has been published by John Wiley & Sons this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-15 with Science categories.
This new text sets out to establish the key role played by systematics in deciphering patterns of evolution from the fossil record. It begins by considering the nature of the species in the fossil record and then outlines recent advances in the methodology used to establish phylogenetics relationships, stressing why fossil evidence can be crucial. The way species are grouped into higher taxa, and how this affects their utility in evolutionary studies is also discussed. Because the fossil record abounds with sampling and preservational biases, the book emphasizes that observed patterns can rarely be taken at face value. It is argued that evolutionary trees, constructed from combining phylogenetic and biostratigraphic data, provide the best approach for investigating patterns of evolution through geologic time. The only integrated text covering the study of evolutionary patterns from a phylogenetic stance.
Evolutionary Patterns
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Author : Alan H. Cheetham
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 2001-08
Evolutionary Patterns written by Alan H. Cheetham and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2001-08 with Science categories.
With all the recent advances in molecular and evolutionary biology, one could almost wonder why we need the fossil record. Molecular sequence data can resolve taxonomic relationships, experiments with fruit flies demonstrate evolution and development in real time, and field studies of Galapagos finches have provided the strongest evidence for natural selection ever measured in the wild. What, then, can fossils teach us that living organisms cannot? Evolutionary Patterns demonstrates the rich variety of clues to evolution that can be gleaned from the fossil record. Chief among these are the major trends and anomalies in species development revealed only by "deep time," such as periodic mass extinctions and species that remain unchanged in form for millions of years. Contributors explore modes of development, the tempo of speciation and extinction, and macroevolutionary patterns and trends. The result is an important contribution to paleobiology and evolutionary biology, and a spirited defense of the fossil record as a crucial tool for understanding evolution and development. The contributors are Ann F. Budd, Efstathia Bura, Leo W. Buss, Mike Foote, Jörn Geister, Stephen Jay Gould, Eckart Hâkansson, Jean-Georges Harmelin, Lee-Ann C. Hayek, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Kenneth G. Johnson, Nancy Knowlton, Scott Lidgard, Frank K. McKinney, Daniel W. McShea, Ross H. Nehm, Beth Okamura, John M. Pandolfi, Paul D. Taylor, and Erik Thomsen.
In Search Of Deep Time
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Author : Henry Gee
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 1999
In Search Of Deep Time written by Henry Gee and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999 with Science categories.
Cladistics--the science of comparison--is transforming the way paleontologists view evolution. In Search of Deep Time strips away conventional assumptions about the evolution of life to reveal a world that may be far stranger and more humbling than had been previously imagined. The concept of deep time was first used by John McPhee to describe intervals of time incomprehensibly greater than our daily experience. Henry Gee explains the rise of cladistics as the best technique for making sense of the organic changes that unfold within deep time.
Evolution And The Fossil Record
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Author : Keith Allen
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1991-04
Evolution And The Fossil Record written by Keith Allen and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991-04 with categories.
A collection of essays by scientists which present the current state of thought about the evolution of life in terms of cosmological theory and the fossil record.
The Adequacy Of The Fossil Record
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Author : Stephen K. Donovan
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1998-08-24
The Adequacy Of The Fossil Record written by Stephen K. Donovan and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-08-24 with Nature categories.
The 'incompleteness of the fossil record' is an excuse used by some scientists to reject any fossil evidence that runs counter to current preconceptions. Adequacy and completeness are difficult concepts that should not be confused. The fossil record may be incomplete, but it is entirely adequate for many and most requirements of palaeontology, as well as answering wider questions in geology and biology. The Adequacy of the Fossil Record is intended to be an up-to-date review that seeks to debunk these and other objections.