David A. T. Harper

Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record presents a comprehensive overview of the science of the history of life. Paleobiologists bring many analytical tools to bear in interpreting the fossil record. The book introduces the latest techniques, from multivariate investigations of biogeography and biostratigraphy to engineering analysis of dinosaur skulls, and from homeobox genes to cladistics. All the well-known fossil...

An up-to-date edition of the indispensable guide to analysing palaeontological data Palaeontology has developed in recent decades into an increasingly data-driven discipline, which brings to bear a huge variety of statistical tools. Applying statistical methods to palaeontological data requires a discipline-specific understanding of which methods and parameters are the most appropriate, and how to account for statistical bias inherent in...