TY - BOOK ID - 136131911 TI - How vertebrates left the water PY - 2010 SN - 1282790242 9786612790249 0520947983 9780520947986 9781282790247 9780520266476 0520266471 PB - Berkeley University of California Press DB - UniCat KW - Vertebrates KW - Evolution. KW - acanthostega. KW - acquired limbs. KW - actinopterygians. KW - adaptation. KW - character evolution. KW - dinosaurs. KW - evolution. KW - evolutionary history. KW - evolutionary processes. KW - evolutionary science. KW - extant species. KW - extant vertebrates. KW - extinct animals. KW - finned vertebrates. KW - fossils. KW - geology. KW - life on earth. KW - life sciences. KW - limbs. KW - molecular dating. KW - nonfiction. KW - paleontological dating. KW - paleontology. KW - phylogeny. KW - popular science. KW - science. KW - tetrapods. KW - vertebrate animals. KW - vertebrates. KW - zoology. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:136131911 AB - More than three hundred million years ago-a relatively recent date in the two billion years since life first appeared-vertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This usefully illustrated book describes how some finned vertebrates acquired limbs, giving rise to more than 25,000 extant tetrapod species. Michel Laurin uses paleontological, geological, physiological, and comparative anatomical data to describe this monumental event. He summarizes key concepts of modern paleontological research, including biological nomenclature, paleontological and molecular dating, and the methods used to infer phylogeny and character evolution. Along with a discussion of the evolutionary pressures that may have led vertebrates onto dry land, the book also shows how extant vertebrates yield clues about the conquest of land and how scientists uncover evolutionary history. ER -