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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. Over the years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, which includes an amazing diversity of fossil humans, suggesting we walked upright long before we acquired large brains. This work tackles subjects ranging from flood geology and rock dating to neo-Darwinism and macroevolution. Illustrator(s): Buell, Carl. Num Pages: 408 pages, 208 illus. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1224. What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters. 408 pages, 208 illus. Illustrator(s): Buell, Carl. Over the years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, which includes an amazing diversity of fossil humans, suggesting we walked upright long before we acquired large brains. This work tackles subjects ranging from flood geology and rock dating to neo-Darwinism and macroevolution. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: PSAJ; RBX. Dimension: 261 x 186 x 30. Weight: 1212.
Over the past twenty years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, including fossils that mark the growth of whales, manatees, and seals from land mammals and the origins of elephants, horses, and rhinos. Today there exists an amazing diversity of fossil humans, suggesting we walked upright long before we acquired large brains, and new evidence from molecules that enable scientists to decipher the tree of life as never before. The fossil record is now one of the strongest lines of evidence for evolution. In this engaging and richly illustrated book, Donald R. Prothero weaves an entertaining though intellectually rigorous ... Read more
Over the past twenty years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, including fossils that mark the growth of whales, manatees, and seals from land mammals and the origins of elephants, horses, and rhinos. Today there exists an amazing diversity of fossil humans, suggesting we walked upright long before we acquired large brains, and new evidence from molecules that enable scientists to decipher the tree of life as never before. The fossil record is now one of the strongest lines of evidence for evolution. In this engaging and richly illustrated book, Donald R. Prothero weaves an entertaining though intellectually rigorous ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
408
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Weight
1205 g
Number of Pages
408
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231139625
SKU
V9780231139625
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About Donald R. Prothero
Donald R. Prothero is professor of geology at Occidental College in Los Angeles and lecturer in geobiology at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. A fellow of the Geological Society of America, the Paleontological Society, and the Linnaean Society of London, Prothero is on the editorial board of Skeptic magazine and has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and ... Read more
Reviews for Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
This book demonstrates the importance of paleontology to the study of evolution. Publishers Weekly A must read...Brilliant and masterfully researched.
Greg Sweatt Fossil News Engagingly written and scientifically accurate... Highly recommended. CHOICE This is one of the best books of its kind.
Christopher diCarlo Guelph Mercury The book is very valuable as a demonstration of the quality of ... Read more
Greg Sweatt Fossil News Engagingly written and scientifically accurate... Highly recommended. CHOICE This is one of the best books of its kind.
Christopher diCarlo Guelph Mercury The book is very valuable as a demonstration of the quality of ... Read more