Fossils - Niels Eldredge
the evolution and extinction of species
KORTE INHOUD
Fossils are a window into time, revealing unexpected insights into the evolution of the staggering variety of form that life has taken on our planet.
This fascinating exploration of fossils overturns the traditional view of evolution as a slow and inevitable process and shows that lifeforms generally do not evolve to any significant degree until after massive extinction. This rythm of life - stability punctuated by bursts of change - is revealed by the fossilized remains of the earth's ancient flora and fauna.
Author Niles Eldredge, Curator of the Department of Invertebrates at the American Museum of Natural Hostory, New York, has for twenty-five years been in the scientific forefront, forging a synthesis between this modern understanding of the fossil record and classical evolutionary theorie. As one of the leading paleontologists, his work is based on two of Darwin's great underlying insights: the biological kinship of all organisms and their modification through natural selection. Eldredge here investigates ...
This fascinating exploration of fossils overturns the traditional view of evolution as a slow and inevitable process and shows that lifeforms generally do not evolve to any significant degree until after massive extinction. This rythm of life - stability punctuated by bursts of change - is revealed by the fossilized remains of the earth's ancient flora and fauna.
Author Niles Eldredge, Curator of the Department of Invertebrates at the American Museum of Natural Hostory, New York, has for twenty-five years been in the scientific forefront, forging a synthesis between this modern understanding of the fossil record and classical evolutionary theorie. As one of the leading paleontologists, his work is based on two of Darwin's great underlying insights: the biological kinship of all organisms and their modification through natural selection. Eldredge here investigates ...
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