The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia

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Mikhail A. Fedonkin (Head, Laboratory of Precambrian Organisms, Russian Academy of Sciences) James G. Gehling (Senior Curator, retired 6.27.2019, South Australian Museum)

The Rise of Animals

Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia

Mikhail A. Fedonkin (Head, Laboratory of Precambrian Organisms, Russian Academy of Sciences), James G. Gehling (Senior Curator, retired 6.27.2019, South Australian Museum), Kathleen Grey , Guy M. Narbonne (Queen's University)

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15 January 2008

Mathematics & Sciences; Evolution; Zoology & animal sciences

Among the major events in evolutionary history, few rival in importance the appearance of animals.

The Rise of Animals-a significant reference providing a comprehensive synthesis of the early radiation of the animal kingdom-fully captures this moment in geologic time.

Five of the world's leading paleontologists take us on a journey to the most important fossil sites that serve as unique windows to the earliest animal life-including the Ediacara Hills of Australia, the Russian taiga and tundra, the deserts of southwest Africa, and the rugged coasts of Newfoundland. Each of these places holds a rich fossil record that reveals how the animal form came into existence and why some groups succeeded while others failed. The authors describe the diversification of the Kingdom Animalia into the familiar body plans of today: from simple animals such as sponges to complex groups like mollusks, arthropods, echinoderms, and chordates that appear explosively in the Cambrian.

This exquisitely illustrated book reveals the early moments of an evolutionary process that eventually resulted in our own species. An essential resource for paleontologists, biologists, geologists, and teachers,

The Rise of Animals is the best single reference on one of earth's most significant events.

By: Mikhail A. Fedonkin (Head Laboratory of Precambrian Organisms Russian Academy of Sciences), James G. Gehling (Senior Curator, retired 6.27.2019, South Australian Museum), Kathleen Grey, Guy M. Narbonne (Queen's University), Patricia Vickers-Rich (Director, Monash University)
Imprint: Publish My Book
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 292mm, Width: 235mm, Spine: 26mm
Weight: 1.656kg
ISBN: 9780801886799
ISBN 10: 0801886791
Publication Date: 15 January 2008
Recommended Age: From 17
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Rise of Animals: Evolution and Diversification of the Kingdom Animalia

<p> The Rise of Animals offers a much-needed avenue to communicate to the general public the past decade's exciting discoveries of Ediacaran fossils.--Shuhai Xiao Science (01/01/0001)

Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Prize for Science Writing 2009 (United States)
Winner of Victorian Premier's Literary Award - Prize for Science Writing 2009.