Title: Evolution : investigating the evidence /
Authors: Scotchmoor, Judy.; Springer, Dale A.; Paleontological Society.; Geological Society of America. (1999 :
Publisher: Paleontological Society : [Available from Carnegie Museum of Natural History],
Year: 1999
Subjects: Evolution (Biology) Congresses; Paleontology Congresses; Biodiversity Congresses
Contents: Preface / Peter R. Crane -- Evolution: investigating the evidence-an introduction / Dale A. Springer and Judy Scotchmoor -- This is Science! / Jere H. Lipps -- The meaning of evolution / Richard Bambach -- The age of things found in the earth / Frank K. McKinney -- The nature of the fossil record / Susan M. Kidwell and J. John Sepkoski, Jr. -- Biological classification-organizing organisms / Claus Hedegaard -- Evolution and systematics / Sandra J. Carlson -- Missing links in the history of life / Charles R. Marshall -- Perceiving change with continuity / Warren D. Allmon -- Evolution caught in the act: evidence from microfossil morphology / Stephen J. Culver -- Major patterns in botanical diversity / Peter R. Crane -- Patterns of change in fossil invertebrates / Warren D. Allmon -- Evolution at all scales in the vertebrate fossil record / John P. Hunter -- How did it all begin: the self-assembly of organic molecules and the origin of cellular life / David W. Deamer -- Molecules and evolutionary history / Allen G. Collins -- Origination, evolutionary radiation, and extinction in the modern world: the story of partulid tree snails / Carole S. Hickman -- Plate tectonics and evolution / David Jablonski -- Natural selection and evolutionary change / Kevin Padian -- Long/short term influences on change / Kaustuv Roy -- Rates of evolution / Steven M. Stanley -- The evolution of biodiversity: richness and disparity / James W. Valentine -- Creating models for interpreting data / Roy E. Plotnick -- Science, religion, and evolution / Eugenie C. Scott -- Religious faith and the geological sciences / Chaim Benjamini.