Overview
- Illuminates the evolutionary pathways the auditory system has taken and the diversity it has achieved
- Presents the most recent findings in each of the major bony vertebrate clades
- Focuses on the paleontological evidence for the evolution of hearing and the ear from the perspective of some of the leading paleontologists and evolutionary biologists in the world
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research (SHAR, volume 59)
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Book Title: Evolution of the Vertebrate Ear
Book Subtitle: Evidence from the Fossil Record
Editors: Jennifer A. Clack, Richard R Fay, Arthur N. Popper
Series Title: Springer Handbook of Auditory Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-46661-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2016
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-46659-0Published: 30 December 2016
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-83556-3Published: 07 July 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-46661-3Published: 21 December 2016
Series ISSN: 0947-2657
Series E-ISSN: 2197-1897
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVI, 355
Number of Illustrations: 64 b/w illustrations, 52 illustrations in colour
Topics: Otorhinolaryngology, Neurosciences