""This book is a splendidly illustrated and thoughtfully
constructed account of one of the greatest ideas ever conceived by
the human mind -- evolution. Eldredge has cleverly combined our
knowledge of living organisms with instructive insights into the
fossil record to convincingly argue that evolution is, indeed, the
grand unifying idea of biology."" -- Donald C. Johanson, Founder of
the Institute of Human Origins, and author of "From Lucy to
Language"
"Extinction and Evolution" recounts the work and discoveries of
Niles Eldredge, one of the world's most renowned paleontologists,
whose research overturned Charles Darwin's theory of evolution as a
slow and inevitable process, as published in "On the Origin of
Species" in 1859. Darwin had concluded that evolutionary changes
happened very slowly over millions of years. Eldredge's work,
however, convinced him that Darwin was wrong and that major
evolution of life forms does not happen to any significant degree
until after a mass extinction event, thus disproving the
traditional view of evolution.
Eldredge's groundbreaking work is now accepted as the definitive
statement of how life as we know it evolved on Earth. This book
chronicles how Eldredge made his discoveries and traces the history
of life through the lenses of paleontology, geology, ecology,
anthropology, biology, genetics, zoology, mammalogy, herpetology,
entomology and botany. While rigorously accurate, the text is
accessible, engaging and free of jargon.
"Extinction and Evolution" features 160 beautiful color plates
that bridge the gap between science and art, and show more than 200
different fossil specimens, including photographs of some of the
most significant fossil discoveries of recent years. This is a book
with appeal to a broad general audience, including natural history
readers and students.
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