Amphibian Evolution (PDF) focuses on the first vertebrates to occupy land and their long journey to become fully independent from the water. It tracks the origin of tetrapod features and tries to describe how and why they transformed into organs that permit life on land. Though the major frame of the topic lies in the last 370 million years and essentially deals with many fossils, it is far from limited to paleontology. The goal is to get a complete picture of amphibian evolution. It emphasizes on major questions in current paleobiology: how varied were the early tetrapods? What do we know about the soft body of wiped out amphibians, and what does that tell us about the growth of crucial organs during the transition to land? In which environments did they live, and how were they preserved How did primary amphibians grow and develop, and which were the key factors of their evolution?
The Topics in Paleobiology Series is published in alliance with the Palaeontological Association and is edited by Professor Mike Benton, University of Bristol.
Ebooks in the series provide a summary of the existing state of knowledge, a trusted course into the primary literature, and will act as indicators for future directions for research. In addition to volumes on individual groups, the series will also talk about topics that have a cross-cutting relevance, like the evolution of significant ecosystems, particular important events and times in the history of life, climate change, and the implementation of new techniques like molecular palaeontology.
The ebooks are written by leading international experts and will be proposed at a level suitable for advanced undergraduates, researchers, and postgraduates in both the paleontological and biological sciences.
NOTE: The product only includes the ebook Amphibian Evolution: The Life of Early Land Vertebrates in PDF. No access codes are included.
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