Evolution of the Insects (Cambridge Evolution Series)

Grimaldi, David, Engel, Michael S.

ISBN 10: 0521821495 / ISBN 13: 9780521821490

Published by Cambridge University Press, 2005

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772 pp., hardcover, fine in very good dust jacket. - If you are reading this, this item is actually (physically) in our stock and ready for shipment once ordered. We are not bookjackers. Buyer is responsible for any additional duties, taxes, or fees required by recipient's country.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Evolution of the Insects (Cambridge Evolution Series)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication Date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0521821495
• ISBN 13: 9780521821490
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine

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Synopsis

Beautifully illustrated complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships and 400 million years of fossils.

Product Description

Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the 3 billion-year history of life on Earth, and the most ecologically dominant animals on land. This book chronicles for the first time the complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships and 400 million years of fossils. Whereas other volumes have focused on either living species or fossils, this is the first comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of insect evolution. The book is illustrated with 955 photo- and electronmicrographs, drawings, diagrams, and field photos, many in full colour and virtually all of them original. The book will appeal to anyone engaged with insect diversity: professional entomologists and students, insect and fossil collectors, and naturalists.