Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters by Donald R. Prothero

Author:Donald R. Prothero [Prothero, Donald R.]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Science/Life Sciences/Evolution
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2007-11-21T16:00:00+00:00

Figure 8.1. A typical assortment of planktonic microfossils from a deep-sea core. Each is about the size of a pinhead or smaller, and many thousands are found in every cubic meter of sediment. They include the foraminifera (larger bubble-shaped shells) and the radiolaria (smaller porous conical shells), along with long spike-like sponge spicules. (Photo courtesy Scripps Institution of Oceanography)

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There is a story, possibly apocryphal, of the distinguished British biologist J.B.S. Haldane, who found himself in the company of a group of theologians. On being asked what one could conclude as to the nature of the Creator from a study of his creation, Haldane is said to have answered, ‘An inordinate fondness for beetles.’

—J. E. Hutchinson, “Homage to Santa Rosalia or

Why are there so many kinds of animals?”

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