Evolution : what the fossils say and why it matters /

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Author / Creator:	Prothero, Donald R.
Imprint:	New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007.
Description:	1 online resource (xxi, 381 pages) : illustrations (some color)
Language:	English
Subject:	Evolutionary paleobiology. Evolution (Biology) Paleogeography. Evolution (Biology) Evolutionary paleobiology. Paleogeography. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11149610

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Other authors / contributors:	Buell, Carl Dennis.
ISBN:	9780231511421 0231511426 0231139624 9780231139625
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-371) and index.
Summary:	Over the past twenty years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, including fossils that mark the growth of whales, manatees, and seals from land mammals and the origins of elephants, horses, and rhinos. Today there exists an amazing diversity of fossil humans, suggesting we walked upright long before we acquired large brains, and new evidence from molecules that enable scientists to decipher the tree of life as never before. The fossil record is now one of the strongest lines of evidence for evolution. In this engaging and richly illustrated book, Donald R. Pr.
Other form:	Print version: Prothero, Donald R. Evolution. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2007

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