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Convergent Evolution on Earth by George R McGhee Jr.; is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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Contents 10 Series Foreword 12 Preface: Limited Forms Most Beautiful 14 1. Convergence in Life Forms in the Seas and on the Land 16 Oceanus: Evolution on a Water World 16 Land Plants and Marine Animals: Who Is Copying Whom? 17 Land Animals and Marine Animals: Which Form Came First? 32 The Analysis of Convergent Evolution 36 The Causes of Convergent Evolution 46 On the Organization of This Book 48 2. Convergent Feeding Forms 50 Photosynthetic Animals? 50 In the Dark Depths: Chemosynthetic Animals 72 Strange Carnivores 86 Sparse Herbivores 98 Agriculturalist Animals in the Oceans? 104 Filter-Feeding Animals? 107 Strange Scavengers 131 3. Convergent Sessile Forms 134 Sessile Animals? 134 Life in an Unstable World 135 Rooted: Plant-Like Forms 144 Hard Substrata: Cemented and Boring Forms 148 Colonies of Clones in Animals? 149 4. Convergent Mobile Forms 152 Life under Pressure 152 Plankton: Floating Forms 153 Nekton: Swimming and Flying Forms? 167 Fellow Travelers: Hitchhiking Forms 186 Epibenthos: Walking Forms 188 Epibenthos: Crawling Forms 191 Endobenthos: Burrowing Forms 192 5. Convergent Defense Forms 196 Survival in the Marine Realm 196 Armored Defense 196 Spinous Defense 203 Pois

Author

George R McGhee Jr.;

Language

EN