Language: Japanese
No fossils have yet been discovered that can be said to be the common ancestor of insects, and there are still many mysteries surrounding the evolution of insects. As one of the clues to solving the mystery of the birth of insects, this book focuses on arthropods, including their origins, first landings, and expansion into the sky, and will explain the phylogeny of modern insects. This book imagines the ecology of the creatures that crawled in the Paleozoic era, using reconstructed renderings and models.
Summary in Japanese:
巨大なそれ、最古のそれ、節足動物を究める
昆虫の共通の祖先と断言できる化石は未発見であり、昆虫の進化にはまだまだ謎が多い。
昆虫誕生の謎を解くための手がかりの1つとして、本書では特に節足動物にスポットを当て、その起源、最初の上陸、空への進出、
現生昆虫の系統発生などを解説していく。
古生代に「ぞわぞわ」と歩いていた生物たちについて、復元予想図や模型などからその生態を想像してみよう。