Crustaceans and Common Descent explores how growth, life cycles, and parasitism in crustaceans challenge and illuminate Darwin’s ideas about evolution.
This book uses detailed observations to show how development patterns support a common ancestry among crustaceans and related groups. The author argues that studying the development of various crustacean groups can reveal how complex life histories evolved. It examines how embryos, larval stages, and parasitic life cycles relate to broader questions about species change over time. This edition presents a careful, evidence-based look at how these organisms grow, transform, and interact with their environments, all through a Darwinian lens.
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Paperback. Condition: New. Print on Demand. In this book, the author, a naturalist, studies the theories of Charles Darwin by applying them to a specific group of animals, the Crustacea. The author was intrigued by Darwin's theory of the origin of species and found that many crustacean characteristics supported its validity. Observing that the structure of land crabs varied greatly from their water-dwelling counterparts, the author saw this as evidence for Darwin's theory because these adaptations could only have developed over long periods of time under different conditions, supporting Darwin's theory that species change in response to their environment. This work is of great importance to the history of evolutionary biology, as it provided concrete evidence to support Darwin's groundbreaking theory of evolution. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Seller Inventory # 9781440075551_0
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