Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 512 pages
• Published by: McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math
• Edition: 2nd Edition May 8, 2003
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0073661708
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0073661704
• Book Dimensions: 10.8 x 8.4 x 0.8 inches
• Weighs: 2.2 pounds

Product Description
This is the first text to combine both paleontology and paleobiology. Traditional textbooks treat these separately, despite the recent trend to combine them in teaching. It bridges the gap between purely theoretical paleobiology and purely descriptive invertebrate paleontology books. The text is targeted at undergraduate geology and biology majors, with the emphasis on organisms, rather than dead objects to be described and catalogued. Current ideas from modern biology, ecology, population genetics, and many other concepts will be applied to the study of the fossil record.

Reader Reviews
This review is from: Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology (Paperback) Like a fellow reviewer, I also took the a class from Don Prothero (using this book, obviously) at Caltech, and I actually did hear his voice reading the book back at us. The book is fairly detailed for a general class, while still maintaining excellent readability, since Don uses a very conversational tone. It should be enough for an undergraduate interested in the subject. He also includes classic research experiments along with the descriptive passages and offers rare insight into what paleontologists do besides looking at specimens. For the advanced specialist in geobiology, something more detailed would probably be necessary, but if you're simply interested in knowing about fossils and paleontology theory, this book is not bad at all.