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001 12849712
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008 161221s2017 nyua b 001 0 eng
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020 $a9780231180641$qhardcover ;$qalkaline paper
020 $a0231180640$qhardcover ;$qalkaline paper
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035 $a(OCoLC)967417582
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050 00 $aQE721.2.E85$bP76 2017
082 00 $a576.8$223
100 1 $aProthero, Donald R.,$eauthor.
245 10 $aEvolution :$bwhat the fossils say and why it matters /$cDonald R. Prothero ; with original Illustrations by Carl Buell.
250 $aSecond edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$c[2017]
300 $axx, 427 pages :$billustrations ;$c27 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$bnc$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aAn entertaining and rigorous history of the transitional forms and series found in 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 for evolution. Evolution tackles systematics and cladistics, 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 early hominid to modern human. The book also details the many alleged "missing links" in the fossil record, including some of the most recent discoveries that flesh out the fossil timeline and the evolutionary process. --Publisher's description.
505 0 $aForeword: Why people do not accept evolution -- To the reader: Is evolution a threat to your religious beliefs? -- Prologue: Fossils and evolution -- Preface to the second edition -- Acknowledgments -- Part I. Evolution and the fossil record. The nature of science ; Science and creationism ; The fossil record ; The evolution of evolution ; Systematics and evolution -- Part II. Evolution? : the fossils say yes! Life's origins ; Cambrian "explosion" -- or "slow fuse"? ; Spineless wonders of evolution ; Fish tales ; Fish out of water ; Onto the land and back to the sea : the amniotes ; Dinosaurs evolve -- and fly ; Mammalian explosion ; Bossies and blowholes ; The ape's reflection? ; Why does it matter?
650 0 $aEvolutionary paleobiology.
650 0 $aEvolution (Biology)
650 0 $aPaleogeography.
650 7 $aEvolution (Biology)$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00917302
650 7 $aEvolutionary paleobiology.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst00917345
650 7 $aPaleogeography.$2fast$0(OCoLC)fst01051408
700 1 $aBuell, Carl Dennis,$eillustrator.
776 08 $iOnline version:$aProthero, Donald R.$tEvolution.$bSecond edition.$dNew York : Columbia University Press, [2017]$z9780231543163$w(DLC) 2016059781
852 00 $bglx$hQE721.2.E85$iP76 2017