Written in Stone

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Icon Books, 2011 - Nature - 320 pages
Demonstrates the exponential increase in fossils that have been found since Darwin first published "On the origin of species," while focusing on evidence for the evolution of major lineages, from reptiles to birds and from fish to tetrapods. Also explains at length how whales, horses, and humans evolved, marshaling compelling fossil evidence and combining it with information from molecular biology.

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About the author (2011)

BRIAN SWITEK writes a blog for Wired magazine which has been featured in the Guardian, Daily Mail, New Scientist, The New York Times and The Times ('Brilliant writing about palaeontology and evolution, with great daily photos'). He has been a guest on BBC Radio 4's Material World and written for The Times and the Guardian.

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