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At the Water's Edge : Macroevolution and the Transformation of Life

9 reviews
Carl Zimmer

Free Press, 1998

Awesome!!!!
This book does a remarkable job of covering two major transitions in evolution. First the transition from fish to the first terrestrial tetrapods and secondly from terrestrial mammals to whales. A kind of out of the water and back in scenario. The book covers the transitional specimens that have been found to date very well and goes over most of the difficulties of changing from one extreme ...

Macroevolution: Diversity, Disparity, Contingency: Essays in Honor of Stephen Jay Gould (Laws of Life ...

1 review

Paleontological Society, 2005

A Surprisingly Readable Collection of Papers
Generally, I find that I am unable to read scientific papers. But, although I have no formal education in biology (except for a freshman class a few decades ago), I was able to read most of these papers. I find that very appropriate since the collection is a memorial to Stephen Jay Gould, who is well known for his extremely readable essays for non-scientists. These papers were published by a ...

The Codes of Life: The Rules of Macroevolution (Biosemiotics)

Springer, 2007

Building on a range of disciplines from biology and anthropology to philosophy and linguistics this book draws on the expertise of leading names in the study of organic, mental and cultural codes brought together by the emerging discipline of biosemiotics. The book's 18 chapters present a range of experimental evidence which suggests that the genetic code was only the first in a long series of organic codes, and that it has been the ...

Genetics, Paleontology and Macroevolution
Jeffrey S. Levinton

Cambridge University Press, 2001

This expanded and updated second edition offers a comprehensive look at macroevolution and its underpinnings, with a primary emphasis on animal evolution. From a Neodarwinian point of view, the book integrates evolutionary processes at all levels to explain the diversity of animal life. It examines a wide range of topics including genetics, speciation, development, evolution, constructional and functional aspects of form, fossil lineages, and ...

Macroevolution, Pattern and Process

1 review
Steven M. Stanley

W H Freeman & Co (Sd), 1980

Excellent overview
This book, although somewhat dated, provides an excellent look at the broad trends of evolution through the eyes of a leading Johns Hopkins paleontologist. Stanley examines explains the modern synthesis, fossil evidence, speciation and extinction rates, quantum speciation, large-scale trends, and the dynamics of species turnover. Among the groups examined are gastropods, echinoids, corals, ...

Macroevolutionary Theory on Macroecological Patterns
Peter W. Price

Cambridge University Press, 2002

This study of distribution, abundance and population size variation in animals (formerly regarded as pure ecological subjects) is presented in an evolutionary framework. Arguing that evolved characters of organisms such as morphology, behavior and life history influence their ecological relationships, this new conceptual framework is broadly relevant to ecologists, evolutionary biologists, behavioral scientists and entomologists.

Macroevolution of plant defense strategies [An article from: Trends in Ecology & Evolution]
A.A. Agrawal

Elsevier, 2007

This digital document is a journal article from Trends in Ecology & Evolution, published by Elsevier in 2007. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Description: Theories of plant defense expression are typically based on the concepts of tradeoffs among traits and of phylogenetic conservatism within clades. Here, I review ...

Macroevolution and microcreationism: another flaw in intelligent design creationism.: An article from: ...
David Eller

Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine, 2003

This digital document is an article from Skeptic (Altadena, CA), published by Skeptics Society & Skeptic Magazine on September 22, 2003. The length of the article is 3300 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser. Citation Details Title: Macroevolution and ...

Morphological Evolution, Aptations, Homoplasies, Constraints, And Evolutionary Trends: Catfishes As A Case ...
Rui Diogo

Science Publishers, 2004

This work aims to help clarify the interrelationships of catfish, with major implications for the study of the general evolution of these fish. A large part of the work deals with a cladistic analysis of catfish higher-level phylogeny, based on extensive morphological data.