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" Prehistoric life : "
Bruce S. Lieberman and Roger Kaesler.
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BL
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1045246
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b799616
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Lieberman, Bruce S.
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Prehistoric life : : evolution and the fossil record /\ Bruce S. Lieberman and Roger Kaesler.
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Chichester, West Sussex, UK ;Hoboken, NJ :: Wiley-Blackwell,, 2010.
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vii, 385 pages :: illustrations, maps (some color) ;; 29 cm
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0632044721
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: 1444318640
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: 1444334085
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: 9780632044726
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: 9781444318647
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: 9781444334081
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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| Contents
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Introduction to fossils -- The nature of the fossil record -- Organizing the fossil record -- Introduction to evolution -- Macroevolution, progress, and the history of life -- Extinctions: the legacy of the fossil record -- Systematics and the fossil record -- Principles of growth and form: life, the universe, and gothic cathedrals -- The role of fossils in the genesis of myths and legends -- Plate tectonics and its effects on evolution -- Life, climate, and geology -- Patterns and processes of Precambrian evolution -- The Cambrian radiation and beyond: understanding biology's big bang -- The evolution and extinction of reefs through time: from the Precambrian to the current biodiversity crisis -- Key evolutionary transitions: the origins of multicellularity and the evolution of the vertebrate brain -- Key events in vertebrate evolution -- Are we alone in the universe? -- Humanity: origins and prospects.
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Animals, Fossil.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolutionary paleobiology.
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Life-- Origin.
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Animals, Fossil.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Evolution
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Evolutionary paleobiology.
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Life-- Origin.
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Paläobiologie
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Paläontologie, 0 Gesamtdarstellung.
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| Dewey Classification
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560
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QE721.2.E85L54 2010
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RB 10123rvk
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TQ 1012rvk
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TQ 1014rvk
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Kaesler, Roger L.
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