Zoologia. Różnorodność i pokrewieństwa zwierząt – PDF

Zoology. The diversity and relations of animals

A modern zoology textbook that encapsulates knowledge on the whole animal world – Protozoa, invertebrates and vertebrates – in evolutionist perspective. The book includes a concise description of the extinct and living groups of organisms, a synthesis of molecular and palaeontological data, a simplified Linnaean classification of animal kingdoms and related organisms. It features 220 colour illustrations depicting evolutionary trees, the course of evolution of the animal world, its anatomical and morphological diversity.

Keywords: invertebrates, vertebrates, animal anatomy, animal morphology, evolutionary trees, evolution, phylogenesis.

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Prof. dr hab. Jerzy Dzik – member of the Polish Academy of Sciences, palaeontologist. He works at the Faculty of Biology at the University of Warsaw and at the Institute of Paleobiology of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

His numerous scientific works concern the anatomy of the first Precambrian animals, the early evolution of invertebrates and primeval chordates, the mechanisms of the evolution of colony organisms and the larval development of mollusks, the oldest dinosaurs, as well as the methodology of recreating the course of evolution on the basis of fossil material.

University lecturer, scientific cartoonist, popularizer of science and author of many books.