James W. Valentine

James W. Valentine is an American evolutionary biologist and Professor Emeritus in the Department of Integrative Biology at the University of California, Berkeley. He has published widely and -- in addition to peer-reviewed publications -- has written several books, including:
The Cambrian Explosion: The Construction of Animal Biodiversity, 2013 ISBN 978-1-936221-03-5, with Douglas Erwin
On the Origin of Phyla 2004 ISBN 0-226-84548-6
Phanerozoic Diversity Patterns : Profiles In Macroevolution 1985 ISBN 0-691-08374-6, Editor
Evolving : The Theory And Processes Of Organic Evolution 1979 ISBN 0-8053-0310-3, with Francisco J. Ayala
Evolution 1977 with Theodosius Dobzhansky, G. Ledyard Stebbins and Ayala
Evolutionary Paleoecology of the Marine Biosphere 1973 ISBN 0-13-293720-4