Great Transformations in Vertebrate Evolution

by Kenneth P. Dial, Neil Shubin, Elizabeth L. Brainerd

2015 424 pages eng

How did flying birds evolve from running dinosaurs, terrestrial trotting tetrapods evolve from swimming fish, and whales return to swim in the sea? These are some of the great transformations in the 500-million-year history of vertebrate life. And with the aid of new techniques adn approaches across…