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Author Prothero, Donald R., author

Title Evolution : what the fossils say and why it matters / Donald R. Prothero ; with original Illustrations by Carl Buell
Edition Second edition
Published New York : Columbia University Press, [2017]
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Description 1 online resource ( xx, 427 pages) : illustrations
Contents Evolution and the fossil record -- The nature of science -- Science and Creationism -- The fossil record -- The evolution of evolution -- Systematics and evolution -- 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?
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on November 28, 2017)
Subject Evolutionary paleobiology.
Evolution (Biology)
Paleogeography.
Form Electronic book
Author Buell, Carl Dennis, illustrator
EBSCOhost
LC no. 2016059781
ISBN 9780231543163 (electronic book)
0231543166 (electronic book)
(hardcover ;) (alkaline paper)