The Evolutionary Biology of Extinct and Extant Organisms

Subir Ranjan Kundu

ISBN 10: 0128226552 / ISBN 13: 9780128226551

Published by Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Apr 2021, 2021

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Neuware - The Evolutionary Biology of Extinct and Extant Organisms offers a thorough and detailed narration of the journey of biological evolution and its major transitional links to the biological world, which began with paleontological exploration of extinct organisms and now carries on with reviews of phylogenomic footprint reviews of extant, living fossils. This book moves through the defining evolutionary stepping stones starting with the evolutionary changes in prokaryotic, aquatic organisms over 4 billion years ago to the emergence of the modern human species in Earth's Anthropocene.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Evolutionary Biology of Extinct and Extant Organisms
• Publisher: Elsevier Science Publishing Co Inc Apr 2021
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0128226552
• ISBN 13: 9780128226551
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 233W x 192H x 23D millimeters 233 millimeters width by 192 millimeters height by 23 millimeters depth
• Weight: 550 grams

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Synopsis

The Evolutionary Biology of Extinct and Extant Organisms offers a thorough and detailed narration of the journey of biological evolution and its major transitional links to the biological world, which began with paleontological exploration of extinct organisms and now carries on with reviews of phylogenomic footprint reviews of extant, living fossils. This book moves through the defining evolutionary stepping stones starting with the evolutionary changes in prokaryotic, aquatic organisms over 4 billion years ago to the emergence of the modern human species in Earth’s Anthropocene.

The book begins with an overview of the processes of evolutionary fitness, the epicenter of the principles of evolutionary biology. Whether through natural or experimental occurrence, evolutionary fitness has been found to be the cardinal instance of evolutionary links in an organism between its ancestral and contemporary states. The book then goes on to detail evolutionary trails and lineages of groups of organisms including mammalians, reptilians, and various fish. The final section of the book provides a look back at the evolutionary journey of "nonliving" or extinct organisms, versus the modern-day transition to "living" or extant organisms.

The Evolutionary Biology of Extinct and Extant Organisms is the ideal resource for any researcher or advanced student in evolutionary studies, ranging from evolutionary biology to general life sciences.

• Provides an updated compendium of evolution research history
• Details the evolution trails of organisms, including mammals, reptiles, arthropods, annelids, mollusks, protozoa, and more
• Offers an accessible and easy-to-read presentation of complex, in-depth evolutionary biology facts and theories

About the Author

Dr. Subir R. Kundu is a senior researcher conducting extensive studies on “in situ” conservation models at the University of Calcutta in Kolkata, India. Previously, he was a senior research fellow at the Acharya Jagadish Chandra Bose Indian Botanic Gardens under the Botanical Survey of India in Howrah, India. Dr. Kundu received his MSc. in botany from Kanpur University, Kanpur India, specializing in cytogenics and plant breeding; he then received his Ph.D. in botany from the University of Calcutta, specializing in plant geography, systematic botany, and conservation biology. He is the author of four botany and conservation-related books and numerous journal publications on conservation and evolutionary biology.