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Product Identifiers

PublisherFreeman & Company, W&H

ISBN-101936221039

ISBN-139781936221035

eBay Product ID (ePID)78668322

Product Key Features

Number of Pages416 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameCambrian Explosion: the Construction of Animal Biodiversity

Publication Year2013

SubjectLife Sciences / Biological Diversity, Life Sciences / Evolution, Life Sciences / Biology, Paleontology

TypeTextbook

Subject AreaScience

AuthorDouglas Erwin, James Valentine

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight16 Oz

Item Length10.2 in

Item Width7.3 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2012-036689

Dewey Edition23

TitleLeadingThe

Grade FromCollege Sophomore

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal560/.1723

Grade ToCollege Graduate Student

Table Of ContentHistorical and Geological Settings Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: Geological Context of Ediacaran and Cambrian Events Chapter 3: The Environmental Context of the Ediacaran and Early Cambrian The Record of Early Metazoan Evolution Chapter 4: The Metazoan Tree of Life Chapter 5: Dawn of Animals: The Ediacara Biota Chapter 6: Metazoan Architectures of the Cambrian Explosion Biological Processes Chapter 7: The Construction of Metazoan Ecosystems Chapter 8: The Evolution of the Metazoan Genome and the Cambrian Explosion Evolutionary Dynamics of the Cambrian Explosion Chapter 9: Ghostly Ancestors Chapter 10: Constructing the Cambrian Appendix: First Appearances of Major Metazoan clades in the Fossil Record References Index

SynopsisThe Cambrian Period records one of the most extraordinary transitions in the history of life. Beginning as simple sponges more than 635 million years ago, the earliest animals evolved into a diverse marine fauna over the course of 100 million years. In The Cambrian Explosion, Erwin and Valentine synthesize research from many fields to explain why there was such remarkable novelty of animal forms. This is an integrative work of the highest quality, covering one of the most fascinating and transformative periods in life's history., Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity synthesizes research from many fields to explain one of the most extraordinary transitions in the history of life.

LC Classification NumberQE721.2.E85D68 2013