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Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
Donald R. Prothero
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Description for Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 257 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 454.
Donald R. Prothero's Evolution is an entertaining and rigorous history of the transitional forms and series found in the the fossil record. Its engaging narrative of scientific discovery and well-grounded analysis has led to the book's widespread adoption in courses that teach the nature and value of fossil evidence. Evolution tackles flood geology, rock dating, neo-Darwinism, and macroevolution. It includes extensive coverage of the primordial soup, invertebrate transitions, the development of the backbone, the reign of the dinosaurs, and the transformation from chimpanzee to human. The book details the many missing links, including some of the most recent ... Read more
Donald R. Prothero's Evolution is an entertaining and rigorous history of the transitional forms and series found in the the fossil record. Its engaging narrative of scientific discovery and well-grounded analysis has led to the book's widespread adoption in courses that teach the nature and value of fossil evidence. Evolution tackles flood geology, rock dating, neo-Darwinism, and macroevolution. It includes extensive coverage of the primordial soup, invertebrate transitions, the development of the backbone, the reign of the dinosaurs, and the transformation from chimpanzee to human. The book details the many missing links, including some of the most recent ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
453g
Number of Pages
456
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231180641
SKU
V9780231180641
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About Donald R. Prothero
Donald R. Prothero has taught college paleontology and geology for almost four decades at the California Institute of Technology, Columbia University, Occidental College, Vassar College, and Knox College. He is adjunct professor of geological sciences at California State Polytechnic University at Pomona, adjunct professor of astronomy and earth sciences at Mt. San Antonio College, and research associate in vertebrate paleontology ... Read more
Reviews for Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
If you're one of these people who likes to read Dawkins, Gould and Darwin, I would highly recommend this book. If you doubted that evolution was true before, and then you looked at this book, I don't see how you could possibly continue to question it.
Jerry Coyne, author of Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible ... Read more
Jerry Coyne, author of Faith Versus Fact: Why Science and Religion Are Incompatible ... Read more