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Evolution of the Insects

by David Grimaldi, Michael Engel

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This book chronicles the complete evolutionary history of insects--their living diversity and relationships as well as 400 million years of fossils. Introductory sections cover the living species diversity of insects, methods of reconstructing evolutionary relationships, basic insect structure, and the diverse modes of insect fossilization and major fossil deposits. Major ...moreThis book chronicles the complete evolutionary history of insects--their living diversity and relationships as well as 400 million years of fossils. Introductory sections cover the living species diversity of insects, methods of reconstructing evolutionary relationships, basic insect structure, and the diverse modes of insect fossilization and major fossil deposits. Major sections then explore the relationships and evolution of each order of hexapods. The volume also chronicles major episodes in the evolutionary history of insects from their modest beginnings in the Devonian and the origin of wings hundreds of millions of years before pterosaurs and birds to the impact of mass extinctions and the explosive radiation of angiosperms on insects, and how they evolved into the most complex societies in nature. Whereas other volumes focus on either living species or fossils, this is the first comprehensive synthesis of all aspects of insect evolution. Illustrated with 955 photo- and electron- micrographs, drawings, diagrams, and field photos, many in full color and virtually all of them original, this reference will appeal to anyone engaged with insect diversity--professional entomologists and students, insect and fossil collectors, and naturalists. David Grimaldi and Michael S. Engel have collectively published over 200 scientific articles and monographs on the relationships and fossil record of insects, including 10 articles in the journals Science, Nature, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. David Grimaldi is curator in the Division of Invertebrate Zoology, American Museum of Natural History and adjunct professor at Cornell University, Columbia University, and the City University of New York. David Grimaldi has traveled in 40 countries on 6 continents, collecting and studying recent species of insects and conducting fossil excavations. He is the author of Amber: Window to the Past (Abrams, 2003). Michael S. Engel is an assistant professor in the Division of Entomology at the University of Kansas; assistant curator at the Natural History Museum, University of Kansas; research associate of the American Museum of Natural History; and fellow of the Linnean Society of London. Engel has visited numerous countries for entomological and paleontological studies, doing most of his fieldwork in Central Asia, Asia Minor, and the Western Hemisphere.(less)

Hardcover, 772 pages

Published May 1st 2006 by Cambridge University Press (first published May 16th 2005)

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Jun 07, 2009

Colleen rated it

This is a tome. Not for reading on public transportation. It lays out the foundation of biological taxonomy, brings in plate tectonics, geology, identifies what the ecosystem was like going back to the Carbonifera when insects first crawled out on land. And it discusses what the various major contributors to insect taxonomy added to the body of the science. The language is technical, but there's a glossary. I have a hard time keeping track of all the insect body parts, but the illustrations are ...more

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Jan 27, 2008

Michel rated it

Uitgebreid, en boeiend. Ik had er eigenlijk méér van verwacht, als ik heel eerlijk ben: naar het einde toe had ik de indruk dat het meer sketchy werd. Of misschien is het gewoon omdat de antecedenten me meer interesseren dan de beesten-van-nu?

In alle geval: een boek om te hebben, voor al wie ook maar ergens geïnteresseerd is in insecten.

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Apr 22, 2008

Caesar rated it

This is simply the best book on insect evolution, systematics, paleontology and natural history available. It is an absolute must have for any entomologist at any level.

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