The Rise of Fishes: 500 Million Years of Evolution
"A great deal of background information and, above all, hundreds of superb photographs and drawings. One could almost take this for a coffee-table book at first glance, so profusely and well is it illustrated... This book is not just a scientific and educational tool; it is also a visual celebration of the glories of biological diversity as seen in the fossil record. It will come as a surprise to many who have not realized how far the paleontology of early vertebrates has progressed or experienced the depth of evolutionary information available from fossils. And, best of all, there is clearly more to come." -- Nature"[Long] enlivens his account with tales from his extensive field work... Exceptionally lucid and comprehensively illustrated." -- New Scientist"Scholarly, but very readable." -- D. Moskowitz, Northeastern Naturalist