Advances in Vertebrate Paleobiology – serie

Research in whale origins is in an explosive phase at the end of the 20th century, with a cascade of discoveries adding to our understanding of the evolutionary pattern and a suite of new techniques being applied to address new questions. The objective of this volume is to provide a snapshot of this explosion. The volume paints the scene with a broad brush. Taken together the chapters indicate that cetacean origins is a field that is dynamic, multidisciplinary, and that the end of the explosive phase is not in sight.

This work examines an important and growing issue among ecologists, conservation biologists, and archaeologists, namely the recent extinction of species, and focuses on treatments of losses thought to have been caused by humans in some way over the past 40000 years when Homo Sapiens spread worldwide. There is a list of leading figures in this debate, and the book should have impact for the debate on current conservation issues and biodiversity.

This book examines an important and growing issue among ecologists, conservation biologists, and archaeologists, namely recent extinction of species, and will focus on treatments of losses thought to have been caused by humans in some way over the past 40,000 years when Homo sapiens spread worldwide. There is an exemplary list of leading figures in this debate, and the book should have impact for the debate on current conservation issues and biodiversity.