Living Fossil The Story of the Coelacanth [Paperback]

In the winter of 1938, a fishing boat by chance dragged from the Indian Ocean a fish thought extinct for 70 million years. It was a coelacanth, which thrived concurrently with dinosaurs and pterodactyls???an animal of major importance to those who study the history of vertebrate life.???One of the classic stories of zoology, told with uncommon authority and grace.??????A marvelous book describing the discovery of the coelacanth and its importance to evolutionary biology. . . . Fascinating reading for scientist and non-scientist alike.??????Authoritative and eminently readable, deserving of a wide audience.??? An engrossing tale of obsession, adventure and scientific reasoning. ???Betty Ann Kevles,