Missing Links: Evolutionary Concepts and Transitions Through Time provides readers with a compendium of scientific evidence of extinct organisms, or "missing links," that bridge the evolutionary gaps between primordial species and modern life. The book introduces newcomers to the field of evolutionary science with an accessible discussion of basic scientific practices, rock and fossil dating techniques, and schools of classification. Readers are then ushered through a fascinating array of examples of evolutionary transition at all chronological and geographical scales, from the ultimate origins of life on Earth to the morphological changes that readers will observe during their lifetimes. Missing Links serves as an engaging introduction to evolution for students and general readers, and is ideal supplementary reading for courses in General Biology, Genetics, Anthropology, Geosciences, Historical Geology, Philosophy of Science, or any course that will benefit from additional background on biological evolution. Table of Contents Dedication Preface Introduction Section I: A Primer of Evolutionary Science Ch. 1: Sources of Knowledge and Earth History Ch. 2: The Origin and Evolution of Species Ch. 3: Classification and Ecology: Making Sense of Nature Section II. Case Histories Ch. 4: Origins Ch. 5: Pedestrian Whales Ch. 6: The Kentucky Derby in Deep Time: Evolution of Horses During the Cenozoic Ch. 7: The Thanksgiving Day Dinosaur Ch. 8: On Hearing and H