My latest book: “Contributions in Paleontology and E evolutionary Biology”

I just published “Contributions in Paleontology and Evolutionary Biology”. This is a collection of 15 essays authored by me and my colaborators on paleontology and evolutionary biology. This volume encompasses the most critical papers I have written on biological evolution, from fossils to cave fauna. Among the fossils described are impressions of horseshoe crabs, jellyfishes, and the enigmatic paleocyphonautes. The latter represents a new understanding of the evolution of invertebrates by the application of novel developmental insights. My papers on cave fauna encompass genetic and behavioral studies in the field and the laboratory. I proposed phenotypic plasticity as a way to understand a mystery that has been unresolved since Darwin’s times: why organisms lose eyes and pigmentation during the invasion of caves.