Evolution and Escalation

An Ecological History of Life

Geerat Vermeij

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Princeton University Press
26 October 1993

Evolution; Applied ecology

This book is written for those who, like me, are fascinated with evolution, but I hope it will also be read by historians of human affairs. There are some obvious parallels between the history of life and the cultural history of man--the episodic pace of change the effects of crises, and the role of population growth, for example--and the fossil record teaches some sobering lessons about the futility of the seemingly unstoppable arms race between nations.

By: Geerat Vermeij
Imprint: Princeton University Press
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 254mm, Width: 197mm, Spine: 31mm
Weight: 794g
ISBN: 9780691000800
ISBN 10: 0691000808
Pages: 544
Publication Date: 26 October 1993
Audience: Professional and scholarly , College/higher education , Undergraduate , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Geerat J. Vermeij, Professor of Geology at the University of California, Davis, is the author of Biogeography and Adaptation: Patterns of Marine Life (Harvard). Vermeij received a 1992 MacArthur Fellowship. See page 24 for a description of his forthcoming book, A Natural History of Shells.

Reviews for Evolution and Escalation: An Ecological History of Life

With the impressive scope and rich synthesis of this work, the author has assumed the mantle of a provocative pundit of paleobiology. -- Science An extraordinarily useful book to students of evolutionary paleobiology. -- Carlton Brett, Geology