Palaeontology - A Systematic Summary of Extinct Animals and Their Geological Relations

Klappentext A contemporary of Darwin classifies all the fossil animal forms known in 1860! and discusses theories surrounding evolution. Zusammenfassung Richard Owen (1804-1892) was a contemporary of Darwin! and a pioneer in the study of fossils. Palaeontology (published in 1860) classifies all the fossil animal forms then known! and discusses the origin of species! commenting on the theories of Buffon! Lamarck! Vestiges of Creation! Wallace and Darwin. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; Part I. Kingdom Protozoa; Part II. Kingdom Animalia; 1. Province radiata; 2. Province articulata; 3. Province mollusca; 4. Province vertebrata.

Product details

• Authors: Richard Owen, Owen Richard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.07.2009
• EAN: 9781108001335
• ISBN: 978-1-108-00133-5
• No. of pages: 444
• Series: Cambridge Library Collection -
• Subject: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Geosciences > Palaeontology