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Donald R. Prothero

Evolution

What the Fossils Say and Why it Matters

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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… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Buell, Carl (Illustr.)
  • ISBN: 978-0-231-18064-1
  • EAN: 9780231180641
  • Produktnummer: 21953097
  • Verlag: Columbia University Press
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2017
  • Seitenangabe: 456 S.
  • Masse: H18.8 cm x B26.1 cm x D3.5 cm 1'012 g
  • Auflage: second edition
  • Abbildungen: 257 b&w illustrations
  • Gewicht: 1012
  • Sonstiges: Professional & Vocational

Über den Autor


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 at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. His Columbia University Press books include The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution (2015) and Abominable Science! Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids (2013).

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