Evolution : what the fossils say and why it matters /
Donald R. Prothero ; with original Illustrations by Carl Buell.
- Second edition.
- New York : Columbia University Press, (c)2017.
- 1 online resource
Includes bibliographies 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?