Evolving Eden: an Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large Mammal Fauna.EVOLVING EDEN Eden, in the Bible Eden, in the Bible. 1 Son of Joah. 2 Priest. Perhaps this is the same as (1.) 3 See Eden, Garden of. 4 Unidentified trading center, possibly in Mesopotamia. : An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large Mammal Fauna ALAN TURNER For the Emmerdale character, see . Alan Turner (born July 23, 1950, Camperdown, New South Wales) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 14 Tests and 6 ODIs from 1975 to 1977. AND MAURICIO ANTON Vertebrate paleontologist Turner teams with artist Anton to explain more than 30 million years of mammalian evolution in Africa. The authors focus on Africa because the continent, a veritable "species factory," has generated the most mammalian diversity on the planet. That includes our own evolution. In Evolving Eden, Turner and Anton provide up-to-date findings about fossil species, including early human relatives, that are filling out the mammalian phylogenetic tree phylogenetic tree Diagram showing the evolutionary interrelations of a group of organisms that usually originated from a shared ancestral form. The ancestor is in the tree trunk; organisms that have arisen from it are placed at the ends of tree branches. . Furthermore, the authors reveal how continental drift continental drift, geological theory that the relative positions of the continents on the earth's surface have changed considerably through geologic time. Though first proposed by American geologist Frank Bursley Taylor in a lecture in 1908, the first detailed theory and global climate change fuel evolution among animals, as well as plant life, in Africa. Anton's illustrations, made directly from the fossil skeletons and skulls of species, bring creatures to life. In this overview of modern evolutionary theory, the authors investigate some of the current unresolved debates about speciation speciation Formation of new and distinct species, whereby a single evolutionary line splits into two or more genetically independent ones. One of the fundamental processes of evolution, speciation may occur in many ways. and extinction. Col U Pr, 2004, 269 p., color plates/b&w illus., hardcover, $39.50. |
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