Genetics, Paleontology, and Macroevolution ebook is available to be downloaded here now. Evolutionary biology enjoys the peculiar dual status of being that subject which clearly unites all biological endeavors, while occasionally seeming to be nearly as remote from complete understanding as when Darwin brought it within the realm of materialistic science. Somehow, the basic precepts … Read more
Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology ebook is available to be downloaded here. From the outset the aim of the Treatise on Invertebrate Pa leontology has been to present a comprehensive and authoritative yet compact statement of knowledge concerning groups of invertebrate fossils. Typically, preparation of early Treatise volumes was undertaken by a single specialist with a … Read more
Global Biogeography ebook is available to be downloaded here now. Five hundred million years (Ma) ago, a diversity of higher (metazoan) life forms was present in the sea. One hundred Ma later, an invasion of the land was well underway. Since then, there has been a generally increasing trend in the species diversity (richness) of … Read more
Miocene Stratigraphy ebooks is available to be downloaded here now. This volume results from the enthusiastic involvement of Alessandro Montanari and Rodolfo Coccioni in the geology of the Italian Apennine area. This region is exceptional due to the presence of pelagic sediments deposited in quiet environments together with volcanic explosive activity which is the source … Read more
Applied Micro Palaentology ebook is available to be downloaded here now. According to Daniel J. Jones in his Introduction to Microfossils in 1956, micropalaeontology became an applied science in 1877 “when the age of the strata in a water well near Vienna, Austria, was determined as Middle Miocene by the use of Foraminifera”. The real … Read more
Fossils at a Glance ebook is available to be downloaded here now. The Earth is the only planet we know to support life. Its long history shows that life and the planet it inhabits have a complicated relationship. Free oxygen in the atmosphere, the ozone shield, the movement of carbon into long-term reservoirs in the … Read more
You can download Understanding Fossils ebook here. Fossils are among the most highly prized natural objects in the world. They figure in our everyday lives as decorative objects in our homes, and as the dinosaur products which fill the toy and book shops and which periodically appear in the cereal packets at our breakfast tables. … Read more