Dr Tom Kemp is a Emeritus Research Fellow and Curator of the Zoological Collections in the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford. His general field of expertise is vertebrate palaeobiology, and he is particularly interested in the mammal-like reptiles and early mammals, and what can be inferred about the structural, functional and ecological aspects of the origin of mammals from their basal amniote ancestry.
Tom Kemp's book provides much to think about, ideas and models linking palaeobiology and evo-devo genomics ... such deeply considered, thoughtful syntheses can provide the materials to construct numerical models for testing. This is the role of Tom Kemp's book, and it has the advantage of being written lucidly and in a stye any graduate student could follow. Michael J. Benton, TREE