征程-从鱼到人的生命之旅 本书特色

《征程:从鱼到人的生命之旅》
这是一部由三位来自不同国度的古生物学家还原与重建的中国古脊椎动物演化的历史,不仅回答了"我们从哪里来",还让我们看到生命演化历程中充满的惊奇、偶然与不可思议.作者把这纵横5亿年的历史讲得生动有趣,恢弘而不失其细节,充满了形象的比喻和深刻的思考.本书特别聚焦了"从鱼到人"演化中的九个精彩转折,也值得读者悉心地品味.
这段史诗般的历程藉由15个有代表性的中国古生物群以及数万块珍贵的化石为凭证.一些我国特有的绽放着几亿年生命之美的高清晰化石图片和结构复原图系首次精心呈现,引领化石爱好者踏上远古生命的探秘之旅.同时,认知生命演化历程中的这些记录,正是古生物学的魅力所在.
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from fish to human—the march of vertebrate life in chinathis is a history of vertebrate life in china reconstructed by three palaeontologists from three different countries, which not only answers the classic philosophic question: "where did we come from", but also opens a window to the amazed, incidental and unimaginable world of the evolution of life. the authors narrate the 500 million year history in such a vivid and interesting way, spectacular but no loss of detail, while abounded with elaborate metaphors and deep reflections. the special focus of the book, the "nine key transitions" in the evolution from fish to human, also deserves the readers’ scrutinization.
in this book, the historical march of vertebrate life in china is exampled by fifteen representative faunas which were based upon several hundred thousand fossil specimens as solid evidence. some high resolution photos and structural reconstructions of fossils are presented for the first time, showing the typical chinese beauty of life in the past hundred million years, and leading the fossil lovers into the exploration of prehistoric life. in the meanwhile, these evolutionary records of the march of life are also part of the charm of palaeontology.

征程-从鱼到人的生命之旅 内容简介

本书由来自科研一线的加拿大、中国和澳大利亚学者共同创作完成,主要讲述了中国脊椎动物的进化历程,全书分为古生代、中生代和新生代三大章,挑取有代表性的动物群介绍脊椎动物进化历程中的重大转变,辅以丰富高清的化石图片和生态复原图,可以给予读者身临其境之感.为古动物爱好者和研究者的基础入门之书,中英文双语对照,书中珍贵的古生物化石和生态复原图均出自专业摄影师和研究者之手,科学而美观

征程-从鱼到人的生命之旅 目录

table of contents
目录

introduction
前言
just as archaeologists can piece together much of the history of the shang from the material evidence of oracle bones and bronze cauldrons, palaeontologists can use fossils to reconstruct the far longer and more outlandish history of life on earth.
正如考古学家能够从发掘出的甲骨和青铜器中拼凑出商代的历史概貌，古生物学家也能够用化石信息重建更加遥远和奇异的地球生命史。

before we begin: vertebrates, deep time and fossils
从这里开始：脊椎动物、地史时期和化石
skeletons that remain largely intact are rare and precious gifts from deep time to humanity.
那些基本完整无损的骨骼十分稀少，它们也是大自然的“深时”送给人类的珍贵礼物。

part one palaeozoic
cold blood and scales
**篇 古生代
冷血与鳞片的时代

第1章 the chengjiang biota: dawn of the vertebrates
澄江生物群：脊椎动物的出现
the forces of biological competition and predation, environmental change, and simple chance winnowed the field of early animal life, eliminating some creatures and thereby creating ecological space in which others could flourish.
生物竞争和捕食的力量、自然环境的改变，以及单纯的机遇在早期动物的生命中进行筛选，剔除了某些动物，也因此为其他动物的繁盛提供了生态空间。

[key transition 1: the beginnings of the backbone] 大事件1：脊梁骨的起源
what emerges clearly from the fossil record and the anatomy of modern hagfish, lampreys and sharks is that the evolution of vertebrae was not a sudden event.
化石记录以及现生盲鳗、七鳃鳗和鲨鱼的解剖结构明确地告诉我们，脊椎的演化显然不是一个突然的过程。

第2章 the xiaoxiang fauna: fishing for answers
潇湘动物群：“钓出”真正的答案
as greatly modified lobe-finned fish, we humans stroll about on our pelvic fins and use our pectoral fins to turn the pages of books like the one you are reading now.

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