Lieberman Bruce S., Kaesler Roger. Prehistoric life: Evolution and the Fossil record

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Lieberman Bruce S., Kaesler Roger. Prehistoric life: Evolution and the Fossil record
Prehistoric life: evolution and the fossil record
Wiley-Blackwell, 2010, 400 p.
ISBN: 978-0-632-04472-6

Prehistoric life is the archive of evolution preserved in the fossil record. This book focuses on the meaning and significance of that archive and is designed for introductory college science students, including non-science majors, enrolled in survey courses emphasizing paleontology, geology and biology.
1 Introduction to Fossils
2 The Nature of the Fossil Record
3 Organizing the Fossil Record
4 Introduction to Evolution
5 Macroevolution, Progress, and the History of Life
6 Extinctions: The Legacy of the Fossil Record
7 Systematics and the Fossil Record
8 Principles of Growth and Form: Life, the Universe, and Gothic Cathedrals
9 The Role of Fossils in the Genesis of Myths and Legends
10 Plate Tectonics and its Effects
11 Life, Climate, and Geologyon Evolution
12 Pattes and Processes of Precambrian Evolution
13 The Cambrian Radiation and Beyond:Understanding Biology’s Big Bang
14 The Evolution and Extinction of Reefs Through Time: From the Precambrian to the Current Biodiversity Crisis
15 Key Evolutionary Transitions: The Origins of Multicellularity and the Evolution of the Vertebrate Brain
16 Key Events in Vertebrate Evolution
17 Are We Alone in the Universe?
18 Humanity: Origins and Prospects,
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