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Vertebrate Palaeontology

By Michael J. Benton

Book information

Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell
Year
2004
ISBN
9780632056378, 0632056371
LCC
QE841 .B44 2005
Open Library ID
OL3681987M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17811873 bytes)
Edition
3
Pages
467\467
Time added
2010-02-18 13:16:04
Горно-геологическая отрасль;Историческая геологияпалеонтологиястратиграфия;Палеозоология

Description

Benton does a fine job with the actual subject matter of vertebrate paleontology per se, but his introduction and analysis as to how fossils are formed, and under what conditions,leaves a lot to be desired. He oversells the evolutionary angle with rampant,unsupported speculation and theory, completely ignoring the more recent work of Behe, Dembski et al, as well as credible explanations for the Cambrian findings at the Cheng-jiang and Burgess Shale deposits. In short, this is really not an up-to-date scientific book. To see what I mean, read Clarkson's book on INVERTEBRATE paleontology -- a far better and more scholarly work.

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