Table of Contents

Preface 1. The Evolution of Life on Land 2. The Plants Establish a Beachhead 3. The First Animal Invasion 4. The First Catastrophe and Retreat 5. The Second Animal Invasion 6. The Second Catastrophe and Retreat 7. Victory at Last 8. The Legacy of the Devonian Extinctions Notes References Index

About the Author

George R. McGhee Jr. is Distinguished Professor of Paleobiology at Rutgers University and a Member of the Konrad Lorenz Institute for Evolution and Cognition Research in Klosterneuburg, Austria. He has held research positions at the University of Tubingen, the Field Museum of Natural History, and the American Museum of Natural History.

Reviews

McGhee is able to organize a vast literature into a coherent evolutionary story that is quite unique. From the origin of plants and animals through the Devonian era, this book is a marvelous read. It is important for a wide variety of geologists and biologists and for any readers interested in paleontology and environmental change. -- Peter Sheehan, curator, Milwaukee Public Museum Informative, lively... Highly recommended. CHOICE