Written in stone : evolution, the fossil record, and our place in nature / Brian Switek.
Publication details: New York, NY : Bellevue Literary Press, 2010.Edition: 1st edDescription: 320 p. : ill., map ; 23 cmISBN:- 9781934137291 (pbk.) :
- 1934137294 (pbk.)
- 599.938 22
- GN282 .S85 2010
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-303) and index.
Missing links -- The living rock -- Moving mountains -- From fins to fingers -- Footprints and feathers on the sands of time -- The meek inherit the Earth -- As monstrous as a whale -- Behemoth -- On a last leg -- Through the looking glass -- Time and chance.
Proposes that the strides made in paleontology have helped with understanding evolution, and discusses how fossils, prominent scientists, technology, and other factors have each influenced the theory's development.