Cowen's History of Life

ISBN-13: 9781119482215 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 400 str.

Michael Benton

Spis treści

Preface viiAbout the Companion Website xi1 The Origin of Life on Earth 12 The Earliest Life on Earth 173 The Origin of Eukaryotes 334 The Evolution of Metazoans 455 The Cambrian Explosion 596 Changing Life in a Changing World 717 The Early Vertebrates 938 Leaving the Water 1099 Early Tetrapods and Amniote Origins 12310 Early Amniotes and Thermoregulation 13711 The Mesozoic Marine Revolution 15112 The Triassic Takeover 16913 Dinosaurs 18114 Birds and the Evolution of Flight 20315 The Cretaceous Terrestrial Revolution 21916 The End of the Dinosaurs 23317 Changing Oceans and Climates 24518 The Origin of Mammals 26319 Cenozoic Mammals 27720 Geography and Evolution 29721 Primates 31322 Evolving Toward Humans 32523 Life in the Ice Age 343Glossary 361Index 369

O autorze

MICHAEL J. BENTON, PHD, is senior member of the Paleobiology Research Group at the University of Bristol, and is the author of two successful Wiley titles, Vertebrate Palaeontology and Introduction to Paleobiology.