Turtles As Hopeful Monsters: Origins And Evolution (life Of The Past)
by Olivier Rieppel /
2017 / English / PDF
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Where do turtles hail from? Why and how did they acquire shells?
These questions have spurred heated debate and intense research
for more than two hundred years. Brilliantly weaving evidence
from the latest paleontological discoveries with an accessible,
incisive look at different theories of biological evolution and
their proponents, Turtles as Hopeful Monsters tells the
fascinating evolutionary story of the shelled reptiles.
Paleontologist Olivier Rieppel traces the evolution of turtles
from over 220 million years ago, examining closely the
relationship of turtles to other reptiles and charting the
development of the shell. Turtle issues fuel a debate between
proponents of gradual evolutionary change and authors favoring
change through bursts and leaps of macromutation. The first
book-length popular history of its type, this indispensable
resource is an engaging read for all those fascinated by this
ubiquitous and uniquely shaped reptile.
Where do turtles hail from? Why and how did they acquire shells?
These questions have spurred heated debate and intense research
for more than two hundred years. Brilliantly weaving evidence
from the latest paleontological discoveries with an accessible,
incisive look at different theories of biological evolution and
their proponents, Turtles as Hopeful Monsters tells the
fascinating evolutionary story of the shelled reptiles.
Paleontologist Olivier Rieppel traces the evolution of turtles
from over 220 million years ago, examining closely the
relationship of turtles to other reptiles and charting the
development of the shell. Turtle issues fuel a debate between
proponents of gradual evolutionary change and authors favoring
change through bursts and leaps of macromutation. The first
book-length popular history of its type, this indispensable
resource is an engaging read for all those fascinated by this
ubiquitous and uniquely shaped reptile.
