Evolution （in Action）： Natural History Through Spectacular Skeletons 进化在行动：骨骼的自然史

作者： Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu等著

出 版 社： 中国财经出版社

出版时间： 2007-11-1字数：版次： 1页数： 287印刷时间：开本： 大16开印次： 1纸张：I S B N ： 9780500513705包装： 精装内容简介

Spectacular, mysterious, elegant and disturbing - the compelling beauty of vertebrate skeletons is revealed in this collection of photographs, offering an explanation of the mechanics of evolution. By observing these bones we come to understand the evolutionary relationship between animals and also retrace our own history.

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EDITOR'S NOTE

PREFACE

by Jean Pierre Gasc

GENERAL INTRODUCTION

by Jean-Baptiste de Panafieu

Ⅰ/ARCHITECTURE

1.THE ART OF REPETITION

2.A DEEP UNITY

3.BONY ARMOR

4.FIVE FINGERS

5.THE PROBLEMS OF GIANTS

6.SMALL ANIMALS AND LARGE

7.THE FALSE FISHES

8.THE EXPLOSION OF THE FIVE CLASSES

9.ANIMAL STRUCTURES

Ⅱ/THE BIRTH OF SPECIES

10.ATHENE NOCTUA

11.ALL DIFFERENT

12.HYBRIDIZATION

13.THE THREE BEARS

14.THE SEAGULL RING

15.OF MICE AND MEN

16.THE SPARROW'S BEAK

17.A WELCOMING NEST

18.THE RUNNING APE

Ⅲ/ SEDUCTION AND SELECTION

19.THE RED QUEEN

20.ARMAMENTS AND ORNAMENTS

21.THE MOST FAMOUS NECKS

22.COMPETING FANGS

23.LOVE BEFORE DEATH

24.THE NUMBER OF HORNS

25.THE GENDER OF BONES

Ⅳ/ EVOLUTIONARY TINKERING

26.THE UNICORN'S TOOTH

27.TEETH OF HORN

28.PAWS.WINGS.AND FINS

29.THE LAST DIGITS

30.THE TWO PANDAS

31.THE MUTANTS OF THE DEEP

32.ADULTS STILL INFANTS

Ⅴ/THE POWER OF THE ENVIRONMENT

33.SKY CONQUERORS

34.SEA COWS

35.THETRIUMPH OFTHE RUMINANTS

36. LOST LEGS

37.EATING ANTS

38.MIRROR CONTINENTS

39.BIG SKULLS

Ⅵ/EVOLUTION AND TIME

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