Origins : The Search for Our Prehistoric Past /

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"Fossils are the fragments from which, piece by laborious piece, the great mosaic of the history of life has been constructed. Here and there, we can supplement these meager scraps by the use of biochemical markers or geochemical signatures that add useful information, but, even with such addit...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2016.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Paläontologie
Evolution
Phylogeny.
Life > Origin.
Evolution (Biology)
NATURE > Fossils.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > General.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Biology.
NATURE > Reference.
Phylogenese > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Vie > Origines > Ouvrages de vulgarisation.
Phylogeny > Popular works.
Life > Origin > Popular works.
Evolution (Biology) > Popular works.
Popular works.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Origins; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Defrosting the Mammoth; 2. Terrestrial Timepieces; 3. "From So Simple a Beginning"; 4. Classification: The Diversity of Life; 5. Spineless Wonders; 6. Bone, Scales, and Fins: The Early Vertebrates; 7. The Greening of the Land; 8. The Amphibian Foothold; 9. The Reign of the Reptiles; 10. The Air; 11. The Blossoming Earth; 12. The Rise of the Mammals; 13. The Mammalian Explosion; 14. The Leakeys' Legacy; 15. "Endless Forms, Most Beautiful and Most Wonderful"; 16. On Extinction; 17. "Have Been and Are Being Evolved": The Development of Life.
  • EpilogueNotes; Glossary; Related Reading; Index.

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