Search:

Results 1 to 10 of 29 |

Arguments on evolution : a paleontologist's perspective / by Hoffman, Antoni.(CARDINAL)332642;
Bibliography: pages 241-261.
Subjects: Evolutionary paleobiology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Fossils, paleontology, and evolution / by Clark, David L.(David Leigh),1931-(CARDINAL)333094;
Bibliography: pages 121-122.
Subjects: Evolutionary paleobiology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Deep time : paleobiology's perspective : a special volume commemorating the 25th anniversary of the journal Paleobiology / by Erwin, Douglas H.,1958-(CARDINAL)325824; Wing, Scott L.(CARDINAL)325823;
Includes bibliographical references.Directionality in the history of life: diffusion from left wall or repeated scaling of the right? / Andrew H. Knoll and Richard K. Bambach -- Micro- and macroevolution: scale and hierarchy in evolutionary biology and paleobiology / David Jablonski -- Conversations about Phanerozoic global diversity / Arnold I. Miller -- Origination and extinction components of taxonomic diversity: general problems / Mike Foote -- Taphonomy and paleobiology / Anna K. Behrensmeyer, Susan M. Kidwel, and Rober A. Gastaldo -- The quality of the fossil record: a sequence stratigraphic perspective / Steven M. Holland -- the biomoleculuar paleontology of continental fossils / Derek E.G. Briggs, Richard P. Evershed, and Matthew J. Lockheart -- Responses of plant populations and communities to environmental changes of the late Quaternary / Stephen T. Jackson and Jonathan T. Overpeck -- Life in the last few million years / Jeremy B.C. Jackson and Kenneth G. Johnson -- Pelagic species diversity, biogeography, and evolution / Richard D. Norris -- Global climate change and North American mammalian evolution / John Alroy, Paul L. Koch, and James C. Zachos -- Modeling fossil plant form-function relationships: a critique / Karl J. Niklas -- Invention by evolution: functional analysis of paleobiology / Roy E. Plotnick and Tomasz K. Baumiller -- Fossils, genes, and the origin of novelty / Neil H. Shubin and Charles R. Marshall -- Phylogenetic analyses and the fossil record: tests and inferences, hypothesis and models / Peter J. Wagner.
Subjects: Evolutionary paleobiology.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Evolving form and function : fossils and development : proceedings of a symposium honoring Adolf Seilacher for his contributions to paleontology, in celebration of his 80th birthday : April 1-2, 2005, New Haven, Connecticut / by Seilacher, Adolf.(CARDINAL)332986; Briggs, D. E. G.(CARDINAL)329270;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Festschriften.; Evolutionary paleobiology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

How to build a dinosaur : extinction doesn't have to be forever / by Horner, John R.(CARDINAL)317325; Gorman, James,1949-(CARDINAL)324006;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-228) and index.Hell Creek : time, space, and digging to the past -- It's a girl! : a pregnancy test for T. Rex -- Molecules are fossils, too : biological secrets in ancient bones -- Dinosaurs among us : chickens and other cousins of T. Rex -- Where babies come from : ancestors in the egg -- Wag the bird : the shrinking backbone -- Reverse evolution : experimenting with extinction -- Appendix. Chickenosaurus skeleton.Jack Horner and his colleagues in molecular biology labs are poised to create a real dinosaur based on the latest breakthroughs - without using prehistoric DNA. The mystery ingredient in this recreation is the genetic code for building dinosaurs that lives on in modern birds.
Subjects: Dinosaurs; Evolutionary paleobiology.;
Available copies: 6 / Total copies: 7
unAPI

Planet ocean : a story of life, the sea, and dancing to the fossil record / by Matsen, Bradford.(CARDINAL)318172;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 125-127) and index.
Subjects: Evolutionary paleobiology.; Fossils;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 3
unAPI

Evolution : what the fossils say and why it matters / by Prothero, Donald R.(CARDINAL)323088; Buell, Carl Dennis,illustrator.(CARDINAL)325217;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 399-411) and index.Evolution and the fossil record -- The nature of science -- Science and creationism -- The fossil record -- The evolution of evolution -- Systematics and evolution -- Evolution?, the fossils say yes! -- Life's origins -- Cambrian "explosion," or slow fuse? -- Spineless wonders of evolution -- Fish tales -- Fish out of water -- Onto the land and back to the sea : the amniotes -- Dinosaurs evolve, and fly -- Mammalian explosion -- Bossies and blowholes -- The ape's reflection? -- Why does it matter?
Subjects: Evolutionary paleobiology.; Evolution (Biology); Paleogeography.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
unAPI

Evolution : what the fossils say and why it matters / by Prothero, Donald R.(CARDINAL)323088; Buell, Carl Dennis.(CARDINAL)325217;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 361-371) and index.Foreword : why people do not accept evolution -- To the reader : is evolution a threat to your religious beliefs? -- Prologue : fossils and evolution -- Acknowledgments -- pt. I. Evolution and the fossil record -- 1. The nature of science -- What is science? -- Science and belief systems -- Belly buttons and testability -- Natural and supernatural -- Science, pseudoscience, and baloney detection -- Follow the evidence wherever it may lead -- 2. Science and creationism -- Mything links -- The genesis of genesis -- What is creationism? -- Twentieth-century creationism -- "Intelligent design", or "breathtaking inanity"? -- The monkey business of creationism -- 3. The fossil record -- Lucky accidents of fossilization -- Faunal succession or "flood geology"? -- The surreal world of "flood geology" -- The Grand Canyon through the looking glass -- Shop of foolishness? -- Dates with rocks -- Punk eek, transitional forms, and quote-miners -- 4. The evolution of evolution -- Before Darwin -- The evolution of Darwin -- The Neo-Darwinian evolutionary synthesis -- Challenges to Neo-Darwinism -- Unfinished synthesis -- Lamarck revisited -- Neutralism, junk DNA, and molecular clocks -- Macroevolution and evo/devo -- The evidence of evolution -- The family tree of life -- Homology -- Vestigial structure and other imperfections -- Embryology -- Biogeography -- Evolution happens all the time! -- 5. Systematics and evolution -- What is systematics? -- What is taxonomy? -- Ladders, bushes, mosaics and "missing links" -- The cladistic revolution -- Ancestor worship -- The molecular third dimension -- The branching tree of life.pt. II. Evolution? : the fossils say YES! -- 6. Life's origins -- To the blazing hot North Pole -- Recipe for primordial soup -- Mosh pits, fool's gold, kitty litter, black smokers, and mud -- Communal living builds complex cells -- Probability and the origin of life -- 7. Cambrian "explosion", or slow fuse? -- The creationists' favorite myth -- Step 1 : planet of the scum -- Step 2 : the garden of Ediacara -- Step 3 : the little shellies -- Step 4 : in with a whimper, not a bang -- 8. Spineless wonders of evolution -- Invertebrate transitions -- The incredible world of microfossils -- The story in the seashells -- What about macroevolution? -- 9. Fish tales -- Show some backbone! -- It's a long way from amphioxus -- Jaws : the evolutionary story -- 10. Fish out of water -- The great leap upward -- Lobe fins lead the way -- Four on the floor -- 11. Onto the land and back to the sea : the amniotes -- Innovative eggs -- Evolution of the great sea dragons -- Snakes with legs and hopping crocodiles -- 12. Dinosaurs evolve, and fly -- Dinosaur transitions -- Lifestyles of the huge and ancient -- Dinosaurs are alive! -- 13. Mammalian explosion -- From amniote to synapsid to mammals -- Furballs in the age of dinosaurs -- Radiation in the aftermath -- Lions and tigers and bears, oh my! -- 14. Bossies and blowholes -- Thundering hooves -- Tiny horses, hornless rhinoceroses, and thunder beasts -- Kingdom of cloven hooves -- Walking whales -- Dumbo and the mermaid -- 15. The ape's reflection? -- The only transition that really matters -- The truth about human fossils -- The third chimpanzee -- 16. Why does it matter? -- Deceit in the name of the Lord -- Why should we care? -- Choices for the future."Over the past twenty years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, including fossils that mark the growth of whales, manatees, and seals from land mammals and the origins of elephants, horses, and rhinos. Today there exists an amazing diversity of fossil humans, suggesting we walked upright long before we acquired large brains, and new evidence from molecules that enable scientists to decipher the tree of life as never before. The fossil record is now one of the strongest lines of evidence for evolution, and yet it continues to come under attack by present-day creationists and advocates of Intelligent Design for not supporting the theory of biological evolution. With this engaging and richly illustrated book, leading paleontologist Donald R. Prothero sets the record straight." "Prothero weaves an entertaining though intellectually rigorous history out of the transitional forms and series that dot the fossil record. Beginning with a brief discussion of the nature of science and the "monkey business of creation-ism," Prothero tackles subjects ranging from flood geology and rock dating to neo-Darwinism and macroevolution. He covers the ingredients of the primordial soup, the effects of communal living, invertebrate transitions, the development of the backbone, the reign of the dinosaurs, the mammalian explosion, and the leap from early primates to Homo sapiens, Prothero pays particular attention to the recent discovery of "missing links" that complete the fossil timeline and the controversy among contemporary scientists over the mechanisms of evolution."--Jacket.
Subjects: Evolutionary paleobiology.; Evolution (Biology); Paleogeography.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
unAPI

Evolution and extinction : proceedings of a joint symposium of the Royal Society and the Linnean Society held on 9 and 10 November 1989 / by Chaloner, W. G.(William Gilbert)(CARDINAL)326427; Hallam, A.(Anthony),1933-(CARDINAL)325926; Linnean Society of London.(CARDINAL)321469; Royal Society (Great Britain)(CARDINAL)330237;
Includes bibliographical references.The causes of extinction / J. Maynard Smith -- What, if anything, are mass extinctions? / A. Hoffman. Discussion / P.W. King -- Synchronology, taxonomy and reality / C.H. Holland. Discussion / L.B. Halstead -- Evolution and extinction in the marine realm: some constraints imposed by phytoplankton / A.H. Knoll. Discussion / J.-J. Jaeger -- Plants at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary / R.A. Spicer. Discussion / N.J. Shackleton -- Ammonoid extinction events / M.R. House. Discussion / W.A. Graham Kerr -- There are extinctions and extinctions: examples from the lower Palaeozoic / R-A. Fortey -- The biology of mass extinction: a paleontological view / D. Jablonski -- Mass extinctions among tetrapods and the quality of the fossil record / M.J. Benton. Discussion / P.W. King -- The Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary and the last of the dinosaurs / A.J. Charig. Discussion / M.J. Benton, J.-J. Jaeger, G.B.J. Dussart, L.B. Halstead -- Diversification and extinction patterns among Neogene perimediterranean mammals / J.-J. Jaeger and J.-L. Hartenberger -- The case for extraterrestrial causes of extinction / D.M. Raup. Discussion / P.A. Sabine, N.P. Ashmole, P.W. King, A.W. Wolfendale -- The case for sea-level change as a dominant causal factor in mass extinction of marine vertebrates / A. Hallam. Discussion / J. Cohen -- Natural extinctions on islands / M.H. Williamson. Discussion / C.B. Goodhart, D.A. Webb, J. Cohen -- The present, past and future of human-caused extinctions / J.M. Diamond -- Mass extinction and the evolution of the human species / C. Tudge.
Subjects: Conference papers and proceedings.; Extinction (Biology); Evolutionary paleobiology;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
unAPI

Cradle of life : the discovery of earth's earliest fossils / by Schopf, J. William,1941-(CARDINAL)331076;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 349-355) and indexes.
Subjects: Life; Evolutionary paleobiology.; Paleontology; Micropaleontology.;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
unAPI

Results 1 to 10 of 29 |