TY - BOOK AU - Switek,Brian TI - Written in stone: evolution, the fossil record, and our place in nature SN - 9781934137291 (pbk.) : AV - GN282 .S85 2010 U1 - 599.938 22 PY - 2010/// CY - New York, NY PB - Bellevue Literary Press KW - Human evolution KW - Fossil hominids KW - Fossils N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-303) and index; Missing links -- The living rock -- Moving mountains -- From fins to fingers -- Footprints and feathers on the sands of time -- The meek inherit the Earth -- As monstrous as a whale -- Behemoth -- On a last leg -- Through the looking glass -- Time and chance N2 - Proposes that the strides made in paleontology have helped with understanding evolution, and discusses how fossils, prominent scientists, technology, and other factors have each influenced the theory's development ER -