Quantifying the Evolution of Early Life: Numerical Approaches to torrent

Author(s): Marc Laflamme
Publisher: Springer
Date: 2011-03-01
Format: pdf
Language: English
ISBN10: 9400706790
Pages: 482
ISBN13: 9789400706798

This volume provides a detailed description of a wide range of numerical, statistical or modeling techniques and novel instrumentation separated into individual chapters written by paleontologists with expertise in the given methodology. Each chapter outlines the strengths and limitations of specific numerical or technological approaches, and ultimately applies the chosen method to a real fossil dataset or sample type. A unifying theme throughout the book is the evaluation of fossils during the prologue and epilogue of one of the most exciting events in Earth History: the Cambrian radiation.