{"product_id":"the-rise-of-animals-9780801886799","title":"The Rise of Animals","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn essential resource for paleontologists, biologists, geologists, and teachers, The Rise of Animals is the best single reference on one of earth's most significant events.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt's a beautiful book and the definitive account of the period... I love it and expect it to become a classic. -- Jeff Hecht New Scientist 2008 The Rise of Animals offers a much-needed avenue to communicate to the general public the past decade's exciting discoveries of Ediacaran fossils. -- Shuhai Xiao Science 2008 Recommended. Informed general readers; researchers\/faculty; professionals\/practitioners. Choice 2008 A one-stop shop for up-to-date information about this puzzling meagerie... non-professionals will likewise find that it is a fine-looking book that captures the excitement of scientific discovery. -- Gregory D. Edgecombe Bioscience\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eForeword\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: The Background: The Archean and Proterozoic Eons\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1. The Background. The Archean (4.5 Million to 2500 Million Years Ago)\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2. The Background. The Proterozoic (2.5 Billion to 542 Million Years Ago)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: The Fossil Sites: Rare and Extraordinary\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3. The Misty Coasts of Newfoundland\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4. The Nama Fauna of Southern Africa\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5. The Ediacara Hills\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6. The White Sea's Windswept Coasts\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7. Podolia's Green Valleys\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8. The Siberian Tundra\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9. The Urals\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10. The Canadian Cordillera\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11. Beyond the Major Sites\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III: Other Evidence of Animalia\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12. First Trace of Motion\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13. The World of the Very Small: Fueling the Animalia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV: A Dramatic Crossroads—The Cambrian \"Explosion\"?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14. Body Plans, Strange and Familiar, and the Enigma of 542\u003cbr\u003eAtlas of Precambrian Metazoans\u003cbr\u003eBibliography\u003cbr\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48865925071191,"sku":"9780801886799","price":60.78,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780801886799.jpg?v=1722276224","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-rise-of-animals-9780801886799","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}