| Evolutionary Patterns: Growth, Form, and Tempo in the Fossil Record Contributor(s): Jackson, Jeremy B. C. (Editor), Lidgard, Scott (Editor), McKinney, Frank K. (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0226389308 ISBN-13: 9780226389301 Publisher: University of Chicago Press OUR PRICE: $152.46 Product Type: Hardcover Published: August 2001 Annotation: With all the recent advances in molecular and evolutionary biology, one could almost wonder why we need the fossil record. Molecular sequence data can resolve taxonomic relationships, experiments with fruit flies demonstrate evolution and development in real time, and field studies of Galapagos finches have provided the strongest evidence for natural selection ever measured in the wild. What, then, can fossils teach us that living organisms cannot? "Evolutionary Patterns" demonstrates the rich variety of clues to evolution that can be gleaned from the fossil record. Chief among these are the major trends and anomalies in species development revealed only by "deep time," such as periodic mass extinctions and species that remain unchanged in form for millions of years. Contributors explore modes of development, the tempo of speciation and extinction, and macroevolutionary patterns and trends. The result is an important contribution to paleobiology and evolutionary biology, and a spirited defense of the fossil record as a crucial tool for understanding evolution and development. The contributors are Ann F. Budd, Efstathia Bura, Leo W. Buss, Mike Foote, Jorn Geister, Stephen Jay Gould, Eckart Hakansson, Jean-Georges Harmelin, Lee-Ann C. Hayek, Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Kenneth G. Johnson, Nancy Knowlton, Scott Lidgard, Frank K. McKinney, Daniel W. McShea, Ross H. Nehm, Beth Okamura, John M. Pandolfi, Paul D. Taylor, and Erik Thomsen. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Evolution |
| Dewey: 576.8 |
| LCCN: 00068008 |
| Physical Information: 1.18" H x 6.38" W x 9.32" (1.62 lbs) 344 pages |
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Contributor Bio(s): Lidgard, Scott: - Scott Lidgard is the MacArthur Associate Curator of Fossil Invertebrates in the Integrative Research Center at the Field Museum, Chicago, and a lecturer in the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago. He lives in Skokie, IL. |