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How Vertebrates Left the Water
Michel Laurin
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Description for How Vertebrates Left the Water
Hardback. More than three hundred million years ago, vertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This book describes how some finned vertebrates acquired limbs, giving rise to over 25,000 extant tetrapod species. It summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research, including biological nomenclature, and paleontological and molecular dating. Num Pages: 216 pages, 21 b/w photographs, 68 line illustrations, 2 maps, 3 tables. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 530. 216 pages, Illustrations, maps. More than three hundred million years ago, vertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This book describes how some finned vertebrates acquired limbs, giving rise to over 25,000 extant tetrapod species. It summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research, including biological nomenclature, and paleontological and molecular dating. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: RBX. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 16. Weight: 526.
More than three hundred million years ago - a relatively recent date in the two billion years since life first appeared - vertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This usefully illustrated book describes how some finned vertebrates acquired limbs, giving rise to more than 25,000 extant tetrapod species. Michel Laurin uses paleontological, geological, physiological, and comparative anatomical data to describe this monumental event. He summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research, including biological nomenclature, paleontological and molecular dating, and the methods used to infer phylogeny and character evolution. Along with a discussion of the evolutionary pressures that may have led ... Read more
More than three hundred million years ago - a relatively recent date in the two billion years since life first appeared - vertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This usefully illustrated book describes how some finned vertebrates acquired limbs, giving rise to more than 25,000 extant tetrapod species. Michel Laurin uses paleontological, geological, physiological, and comparative anatomical data to describe this monumental event. He summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research, including biological nomenclature, paleontological and molecular dating, and the methods used to infer phylogeny and character evolution. Along with a discussion of the evolutionary pressures that may have led ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Number of Pages
216
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520266476
SKU
V9780520266476
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About Michel Laurin
Michel Laurin is a vertebrate paleontologist and a CNRS research scientist working in the Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle in Paris.
Reviews for How Vertebrates Left the Water
"Summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research." The Guardian "I recommend the book to students especially, although the book certainly would be a welcome addition into any natural historian's library." Systematic Biology "The text is detailed, well referenced, and... readable." Choice "How Vertebrates Left the Water provides a generally well-written and -illustrated synthesis of an interesting evolutionary topic."
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