{"product_id":"evolution-and-environment-in-tropical-jeremy-b-c-jackson-9780226389448","title":"Evolution and Environment in Tropical America","description":"How were the tropical Americas formed? This ambitious volume draws on extensive, multidisciplinary research to develop new views of the geological formation of the isthmus linking North and South America and of the major environmental changes that reshaped the Neotropics to create its present-day marine and terrestrial ecosystems. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRecent discoveries show that dramatic changes in climate and ocean circulation can occur very quickly, and that ecological communities respond just as rapidly. Abrupt changes in the composition of fossil assemblages, formerly dismissed as artifacts of a poor fossil record, now are seen as accurate records of swift changes in the composition of ocean communities. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe twenty-four contributors use current work in paleontology, geology, oceanography, anthropology, ecology, and evolution to paint this challenging portrait of rapid environmental and evolutionary change. Their conclusions argue for a revision of existing interpretations of the fossil record and the processes--including invading Eurasian peoples--that have produced it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jeremy B. C. Jackson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0226389448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780226389448\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Chicago Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/15\/1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 436\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.32lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.01h x 6.08w x 0.99d","brand":"Jeremy B. C. Jackson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48447600951551,"sku":"9780226389448","price":56.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8d96614-992d-464d-b809-06345287bf0f.jpg?v=1777233775","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/evolution-and-environment-in-tropical-jeremy-b-c-jackson-9780226389448","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}