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Cambrian Explosion: the Construction of Animal Biodiversity

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ISBN-10: 1936221039

ISBN-13: 9781936221035

Edition: 2013

Authors: Douglas Erwin, James Valentine

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The Cambrian Period records one of the most extraordinary transitions in the history of life. Beginning as simple sponges more than 635 million years ago, the earliest animals evolved into a diverse marine fauna over the course of 100 million years. In The Cambrian Explosion, Erwin and Valentine synthesize research from many fields to explain why there was such remarkable novelty of animal forms. This is an integrative work of the highest quality, covering one of the most fascinating and transformative periods in life’s history.
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Book details

List price: $77.99
Copyright year: 2013
Publisher: W. H. Freeman & Company
Publication date: 1/18/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 416
Size: 7.32" wide x 10.25" long x 0.89" tall
Weight: 2.838
Language: English

James Valentine is a naturalist photographer, artist, and filmmaker whose work, including more than ten books, has helped to preserve millions of wild acres in the Southeast and throughout the Americas. He is president of the Quest Foundation.

Preface
Acknowledgments
Historical and Geological Settings
Introduction
The Geological Context of Ediacaran and Cambrian Events
The Environmental Context of the Ediacaran and Early Cambrian
The Record of Early Metazoan Evolution
The Metazoan Tree of Life
Dawn of Animals: The Ediacara Biota
Metazoan Architectures of the Cambrian Explosion
Biological Processes
The Origin and Evolution of Metazoan Ecosystems
The Evolution of the Metazoan Genome and the Cambrian Explosion
Evolutionary Dynamics of the Cambrian Explosion
Ghostly Ancestors
Constructing the Cambrian
Appendix: First Appearances of Major Metazoan Clades in the Fossil Record
References
Index