05119nam 2200589Ia 450 991079233020332120230725023451.01-283-20479-797866132047901-4443-1864-0(CKB)2670000000018919(EBL)530041(OCoLC)630541178(MiAaPQ)EBC530041(Au-PeEL)EBL530041(CaPaEBR)ebr10387090(CaONFJC)MIL320479(EXLCZ)99267000000001891920091112d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||Prehistoric life[electronic resource] evolution and the fossil record /Bruce S. Lieberman and Roger KaeslerChichester, West Sussex, UK ;Hoboken, NJ Wiley-Blackwell20101 online resource (399 p.)Includes index.1-4443-3408-5 0-632-04472-1 Prehistoric Life; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introductionto Fossils; History, Science, and Historical Science; Time, Life, and Stratigraphy; What is a Fossil?; How do Fossils Form?; Conclusions: Fossils as Curious Stones; Additional Reading; Chapter 2 The Nature of the Fossil Record; Fossils in Sedimentary Rock; Taphonomy; Time Averaging; Mode of Growth; Colonial Organisms; Trace Fossils; Concluding Remarks; Additional Reading; Chapter 3 Organizing the Fossil Record; History of Ideas on Biological Classification; Applying Linnaeus' HierarchyWhat is a Species and How Does a Paleontologist Identify Them?Conclusions: the Difference Between Inanimate Atoms and Living Things; Additional Reading; Chapter 4 Introduction to Evolution; Introduction; A Biological Definition of Evolution; The History of Evolutionary Thought; Science and Religion; Darwin and Wallace: Never Ask a Stranger to Present Your Paper at a Meeting You Cannot Attend; Natural Selection; Conclusions: Why was Natural Selection Not Endorsed at Once by Many Scientists?; Additional Reading; Chapter 5 Macroevolution, Progress, and the History of Life; IntroductionCompetition and MacroevolutionDoes Evolution Happen Gradually or Episodically?; Natural Selection Operating Above and Below the Level of the Individual Organism; Progress and the History of Life; Conclusions: Patterns and Processes of Increasing Complexity; Additional Reading; Chapter 6 Extinctions: The Legacy of the Fossil Record; Introduction; Contingency; Boundaries in the Geological Time Scale and the Nature of Extinction; The Cretaceous-Tertiary Mass Extinction; How has the Existence of Mass Extinctions Influenced the History of Life?; Were Most Extinctions Caused by Asteroid Impact?The Permo-Triassic Mass Extinction-Causes and ConsequencesThe Ordovician-Silurian Mass Extinction; Other Mass Extinction Events: The Late Devonian and the End of the Triassic; Habitat Degradation and Mass Extinctions; The Sixth Great Mass Extinction: The Current Biodiversity Crisis; Conclusions: Lessons from the Past and Future Prospects for Humanity; Additional Reading; Chapter 7 Systematics and the Fossil Record; Introduction; Methods and Approaches in Systematics; The Growth of Molecular Biology and Improvements in DNA Sequencing TechnologyThe Spread of Computers and Computer Programs Used to Study Evolutionary RelationshipsSystematics and How to go About Identifying Species in the Fossil Record; Systematics and its Relevance for Identifying Patterns of Mass Extinction; Systematics and the Meaning of Adaptations; Concluding Remarks; Additional Reading; Chapter 8 Principles of Growth and Form: Life, the Universe, and Gothic Cathedrals; Introduction; Galileo's Principle; Galileo's Principle and its Relevance to the Biology of Living Organisms; Galileo's Principle and Constraints on the Evolution of Large Body SizeGalileo's Principle and its Relevance to Medieval ArchitecturePrehistoric life is the archive of evolution preserved in the fossil record. This book focuses on the meaning and significance of that archive and is designed for introductory college science students, including non-science majors, enrolled in survey courses emphasizing paleontology, geology and biology.From the origins of animals to the evolution of rap music, from ancient mass extinctions to the current biodiversity crisis, and from the Snowball Earth to present day climate change this book covers it, with an eye towards showing how past life on Earth puts the modern world into itsEvolutionary paleobiologyAnimals, FossilEvolution (Biology)LifeOriginEvolutionary paleobiology.Animals, Fossil.Evolution (Biology)LifeOrigin.560Lieberman Bruce S497572Kaesler Roger L294555MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910792330203321Prehistoric life3749619UNINA01118nam0 22003011i 450 UON0052457720240516020212.11888-11-59895-820240516d1988 |0itac50 baitaIT|||| |||||ˆL' ‰arte in giocoLea VergineMilano : Garzanti1988487 p.10 c. di tav.ill. ; 21 cmScritti già pubblicati in periodici vari.001UON000677002001 Saggi BluArteItalia1960-1987UONC103436FIITMilanoUONL000005709.45Storia, geografia, persone delle belle arti e arti decorative. Italia21VERGINELeaUONV12289938117GarzantiUONV245790650ITSOL20250530RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00524577SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI CRITICA 23 SI FP 6744/a 5 Arte in gioco146756UNIOR