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Fossils: The Evolution and Extinction of Species - Softcover

Eldredge, Niles; Alcosser, Murray

 
9780691026954: Fossils: The Evolution and Extinction of Species
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0691026955 ISBN 13: 9780691026954
Verlag: Princeton University Press, 1996

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In this fascinating exploration of the fossil record, Niles Eldredge overturns the traditional view of evolution as a slow and inevitable process, and he shows that lifeforms generally do not evolve to any significant degree until after massive extinction. This rhythm of life--a concept developed by Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould known as punctuated equilibria in evolution-- is revealed by the fossilized remains of the earth's ancient flora and fauna. Distinguished photographer Murray Alcosser augments Eldredge's text with 160 luminous color plates illustrating more than 250 different fossil specimens. In this new paperback edition, Fossils becomes an accessible text with appeal to a broad audience, including natural history readers and students.

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Fossils, with its stimulating text and the best photographs of fossils ever published, is indeed splendid."--Ernest Mayr, author ofThe Growth of Biological Thought

Eldredge has cleverly combined our knowledge of living organisms with instructive insights into the fossil record to convincingly argue that evolution is, indeed, the grand unifying idea of biology."--Donald C. Johanson, author ofLucy: The Beginning of Humankind

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Verlag
Princeton University Press
Erscheinungsdatum
1996
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0691026955
ISBN 13 
9780691026954
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
220
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