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Prehistoric Life : Evolution and the Fossil Record.
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 bio...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Chichester :
John Wiley & Sons,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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- Prehistoric Life; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introductionto Fossils; Chapter 2 The Nature of the Fossil Record; Chapter 3 Organizing the Fossil Record; Chapter 4 Introduction to Evolution; Chapter 5 Macroevolution, Progress, and the History of Life; Chapter 6 Extinctions: The Legacy of the Fossil Record; Chapter 7 Systematics and the Fossil Record; Chapter 8 Principles of Growth and Form: Life, the Universe, and Gothic Cathedrals; Chapter 9 The Role of Fossils in the Genesis of Myths and Legends; Chapter 10 Plate Tectonics and its Effects on Evolution; Chapter 11 Life, Climate, and Geology.
- Chapter 12 Patterns and Processes of Precambrian EvolutionChapter 13 The Cambrian Radiation and Beyond: Understanding Biology's Big Bang; Chapter 14 The Evolution and Extinction of Reefs Through Time: From the Precambrian to the Current Biodiversity Crisis; Chapter 15 Key Evolutionary Transitions: The Origins of Multicellularity and the Evolution of the Vertebrate Brain; Chapter 16 Key Events in Vertebrate Evolu.