Missing links
Subtitle: evolutionary concepts & transitions through time
By: Robert A. Martin
Series: Jones and Bartlett series in biology; Jones and Bartlett series in biology
Publisher: Jones and Bartlett Publishers
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Sudbury, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9780763721961
Subjects: Evolution; Fossil Vertebrates; Vertébrés fossiles; Évolution (Biologie); Vertebrates; Vertébrés; Évolution; Gewervelde dieren; Overgangsvormen; Evolutietheorie; Evolution (Biology)
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: What is a missing link; title: section I: A primer of evolutionary science. Sources of knowledge and earth history ; The origin and evolution of species ; Classification and ecology : making sense of nature; title: section II: Case histories. Origins ; Pedestrian whales ; The Kentucky Derby in deep time : evolution of houses during the Cenozoic ; The Thanksgiving Day dinosaur ; On hearing and hinges ; Evolving voles and muskrats ; Fishes with fingers? ; A history of upstanding primates ; Yesterday, today, and tomorrow; title: Epilogue. Charles Darwin and the fossil "problem"; title: Glossary.