Planet of the bugs : evolution and the rise of insects / Scott Richard Shaw.

Author/creator Shaw, Scott R. author.
Format Book
PublicationChicago : The University of Chicago Press, 2014.
Descriptionxiv, 240 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Subjects
Insects--Evolution.

Contents Time travel with insects -- The buggy planet -- Rise of the arthropods : the Cambrian period, 541-485 million years ago, and the Ordovician period, 485-444 million years ago -- Silurian landfall : the Silurian period, 444-419 million years ago -- Six feet under the moss : the Devonian period, 419-359 million years ago -- Dancing on air : the Carboniferous period, 359-299 million years ago -- Paleozoic holocaust : the Permian period, 299-252 million years ago -- Triassic spring : the Triassic period, 252-201 million years ago -- Picnicking in Jurassic park : the Jurassic period, 201-145 million years ago -- Cretaceous bloom and doom : the Cretaceous period, 145-66 million years ago -- Cenozoic reflections : the Cenozoic era, 66 million years ago to the present day -- The buggy universe hypothesis.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (pages [203]-223) and index.
LCCN 2013050775
ISBN9780226163611 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN022616361X (cloth : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QL468.7 .S53 2014 ✔ Available Place Hold