With all the recent advances in molecular and evolutionary biology,
one could almost wonder why we need the fossil record. Molecular
sequence data can resolve taxonomic relationships, experiments with
fruit flies demonstrate evolution and development in real time, and
field studies of Galapagos finches have provided the strongest
evidence for natural selection ever measured in the wild. What,
then, can fossils teach us that living organisms cannot?
"Evolutionary Patterns" demonstrates the rich variety of clues to
evolution that can be gleaned from the fossil record. Chief among
these are the major trends and anomalies in species development
revealed only by "deep time," such as periodic mass extinctions and
species that remain unchanged in form for millions of years.
Contributors explore modes of development, the tempo of speciation
and extinction, and macroevolutionary patterns and trends. The
result is an important contribution to paleobiology and
evolutionary biology, and a spirited defense of the fossil record
as a crucial tool for understanding evolution and development.
The contributors are Ann F. Budd, Efstathia Bura, Leo W. Buss, Mike
Foote, Jorn Geister, Stephen Jay Gould, Eckart Hakansson,
Jean-Georges Harmelin, Lee-Ann C. Hayek, Jeremy B. C. Jackson,
Kenneth G. Johnson, Nancy Knowlton, Scott Lidgard, Frank K.
McKinney, Daniel W. McShea, Ross H. Nehm, Beth Okamura, John M.
Pandolfi, Paul D. Taylor, and Erik Thomsen.
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