Free Download The Origin of Higher Taxa: Palaeobiological, Developmental, and Ecological Perspectives by T. S. Kemp
English | December 16, 2015 | ISBN: 022633581X, 022633595X | True EPUB/PDF | 320 pages | 11.5/19.7 MB
In the grand sweep of evolution, the origin of radically new kinds of organisms in the fossil record is the result of a relatively simple process: natural selection marching through the ages. Or is it? Does Darwinian evolution acting over a sufficiently long period of time really offer a complete explanation, or are unusual genetic events and particular environmental and ecological circumstances also involved? With The Origin of Higher Taxa, Tom Kemp sifts through the layers of paleobiological, genetic, and ecological evidence on a quest to answer this essential, game-changing question of biology.