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Evolution: What the Fossils Say

Disciplines:
evolutionary biology
biology/paleontology

Summary

Donald Prothero's account of the fossil record as evidence for evolution — a paleontologist's detailed rebuttal of creationist claims about the fossil record.

Core Contribution

The fossil record from a paleontologist's perspective: transitional forms (Tiktaalik, Archaeopteryx, horse evolution, whale evolution), the Cambrian explosion, mass extinctions — all demonstrating the reality of evolution. Systematic refutation of creationist claims about 'missing links' and 'gaps' in the fossil record. A complementary perspective to molecular phylogenetic evidence.

Historical Influences

G.G. Simpson

Intellectual Lineage

Paleontology Evolutionary Biology

Allied Works

The Greatest Show on Earth Your Inner Fish Why Evolution Is True

Contemporaries & Peers

The Greatest Show on Earth Your Inner Fish

Minds Influenced

Evolution Education

Intellectual Posterity

Evolution Education

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