| Description |
xv, 432 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm |
| Contents |
Machine derived contents note: Preface. -- 1. The Origin of Life on Earth. -- 2. Earth?s Earliest Life. -- 3. Sex and Nuclei: Eukaryotes. -- 4. The Evolution of Metazoans. -- 5. The Cambrian Explosion. -- 6. Changing Life in a Changing World. -- 7. The Early Vertebrates. -- 8. Leaving the Water. -- 9. Tetrapods and Amniotes. -- 10. Early Amniotes and Thermoregulation. -- 11. The Triassic Takeover. -- 12. Dinosaurs. -- 13. The Evolution of Flight. -- 14. The Modernization of Land and Sea. -- 15. The Origin of Mammals. -- 16. The End of Dinosaurs. -- 17. Cenozoic Mammals: Origins, Guilds and Trends. -- 18. Geography and Evolution. -- 19. Primates. -- 20. Evolving Toward Humans. -- 21. Life in the Ice Ages. -- Glossary. -- Index |
| Notes |
Keep - Ed. Willey - 2007 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Paleontology.
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| LC no. |
99016542 |
| ISBN |
0632044446 |
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