Comments on: Book review – Fires of Life: Endothermy in Birds and Mammals

By: Book review – The Rise and Reign of the Mammals: A New History, from the Shadow of the Dinosaurs to Us | The Inquisitive Biologist

Fri, 24 Jun 2022 11:34:09 +0000

[…] a dental revolution” (p. 13); therapsids with the first hairs and a new form of metabolism, endothermy; the cynodonts, some of whom miniaturized while the dinosaurs became giants; the mammaliaformes who […]

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By: Book review – What Is Health? Allostasis and the Evolution of Human Design | The Inquisitive Biologist

Wed, 07 Jul 2021 15:42:32 +0000

[…] as the brain’s reward signal for useful behaviour, enabling learning.) It encompasses the evolution of endothermy and the respiratory and cardiovascular adaptations enabling it. And, finally, it encompasses the […]

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By: Book review – Beasts Before Us: The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution | The Inquisitive Biologist

Mon, 07 Jun 2021 09:00:54 +0000

[…] mentions whenever she can get away with it. Various therapsids were also the first groups to evolve endothermy or warm-bloodedness, though “like so many of the features associated with mammals [it] […]

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By: Book review – Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction: The Late Paleozoic Ice Age World | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 11:38:07 +0000

[…] have driven the evolution of four-chambered hearts and even warm-bloodedness (see my review of Fires of Life: Endothermy in Birds and Mammals). McGhee engages in an interesting bit of speculative alternative history, asking how life would […]

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By: Book review – I, Mammal: The Story of What Makes Us Mammals | The Inquisitive Biologist

Thu, 19 Sep 2019 11:37:06 +0000

[…] has changed was an eye-opener for me. He gives the final word to Barry Lovegrove (see my review of Fires of Life: Endothermy in Birds and Mammals for more), but not before considering many other ideas that have done the rounds. Similarly, the […]

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