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Beschreibung

Winner, 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Prize for Science Writing

Among the major events in evolutionary history, few rival in importance the appearance of animals. The Rise of Animals--a significant reference providing a comprehensive synthesis of the early radiation of the animal kingdom--fully captures this moment in geologic time.

Five of the world's leading paleontologists take us on a journey to the most important fossil sites that serve as unique windows to the earliest animal life--including the Ediacara Hills of Australia, the Russian taiga and tundra, the deserts of southwest Africa, and the rugged coasts of Newfoundland. Each of these places holds a rich fossil record that reveals how the animal form came into existence and why some groups succeeded while others failed. The authors describe the diversification of the Kingdom Animalia into the familiar body plans of today: from simple animals such as sponges to complex groups like mollusks, arthropods, echinoderms, and chordates that appear explosively in the Cambrian.

This exquisitely illustrated book reveals the early moments of an evolutionary process that eventually resulted in our own species. An essential resource for paleontologists, biologists, geologists, and teachers, The Rise of Animals is the best single reference on one of earth's most significant events.

Winner, 2009 Victorian Premier's Literary Prize for Science Writing

Among the major events in evolutionary history, few rival in importance the appearance of animals. The Rise of Animals--a significant reference providing a comprehensive synthesis of the early radiation of the animal kingdom--fully captures this moment in geologic time.

Five of the world's leading paleontologists take us on a journey to the most important fossil sites that serve as unique windows to the earliest animal life--including the Ediacara Hills of Australia, the Russian taiga and tundra, the deserts of southwest Africa, and the rugged coasts of Newfoundland. Each of these places holds a rich fossil record that reveals how the animal form came into existence and why some groups succeeded while others failed. The authors describe the diversification of the Kingdom Animalia into the familiar body plans of today: from simple animals such as sponges to complex groups like mollusks, arthropods, echinoderms, and chordates that appear explosively in the Cambrian.

This exquisitely illustrated book reveals the early moments of an evolutionary process that eventually resulted in our own species. An essential resource for paleontologists, biologists, geologists, and teachers, The Rise of Animals is the best single reference on one of earth's most significant events.

Über den Autor
Mikhail A. Fedonkin is the head of the Precambrian Laboratory at the Russian Academy of Sciences.
Details
Empfohlen (von): 22
Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
Fachbereich: Zoologie
Genre: Biologie, Importe
Rubrik: Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium: Buch
Inhalt: Einband - fest (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780801886799
ISBN-10: 0801886791
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: Fedonkin, Mikhail A. (Head
Gehling, James G. (Senior Curator
Grey, Kathleen
Narbonne, Guy M. (Queen's University)
Vickers-Rich, Patricia (Director
Hersteller: Johns Hopkins University Press
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Abbildungen: 677 Illustrations, color
Maße: 297 x 239 x 28 mm
Von/Mit: Mikhail A. (Head Fedonkin (u. a.)
Erscheinungsdatum: 24.03.2008
Gewicht: 1,683 kg
Artikel-ID: 101998297