Palaeontology Books
Verlag Unser Wissen Miosporenflora aus TriasSchiefer Westliches Salzgebirge Pakistan
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Editions Notre Savoir Flore miosporeuse provenant des schistes du Trias Western Salt Range Pakistan
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Verlag Unser Wissen Die Paläoichnologie des Oxfordians von Osmington Mills Dorset
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Edições Nosso Conhecimento Flora de miosporos de xistos triássicos Cordilheira Salt Ocidental Paquistão
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Editions Notre Savoir La paléoichnologie de lOxfordien dOsmington Mills dans le Dorset
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Edizioni Sapienza La paleoichnologia dellOxfordiano di Osmington Mills Dorset
£35.00
Wydawnictwo Nasza Wiedza Paleoichnologia oksfordzkiego okresu w Osmington Mills w hrabstwie Dorset
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Edições Nosso Conhecimento A paleoicnologia do Oxfordiano de Osmington Mills Dorset
£35.00
Wydawnictwo Nasza Wiedza Flora miosporowa z lupków triasowych zachodni pasmo górskie Salt Range Pakistan
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China National Publications Import & Export C The Late Cretaceous hadrosaur fauna from Laiyang Shandong
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Brill The Evolutionary History of Nematodes: As Revealed in Stone, Amber and Mummies
Book SynopsisNematodes are one of the most abundant groups of invertebrates on the face of the earth. Their numbers are estimated to range from 1000 per cm2 in the sand-covered hydrogen sulphide ‘black zone’ beneath the ocean floors to 1.2 billion in a single hectare of soil. Estimates for their species diversity range from 100 000 to 10 million. The past history of nematodes is a mystery, since very few fossils have been discovered. This book establishes a solid base in palaeonematology with descriptions of 66 new fossil species and accounts of all previous fossil and subfossil nematodes from sedimentary deposits, coprolites, amber and mummies. It shows how nematode fossils can be used to establish lineages at various locations and time periods in the earth’s history and when nematodes entered into symbiotic and parasitic associations with plants and animals.Trade ReviewThe book is very easy reading; the author’s writing style makes the scientific text interesting and involving. All descriptions and explanations are well thought out and reasonable. […] this book could be very beneficial for planning a further detailed study of these fossils by using molecular and the finest morphological methods. Virmantas Stunžėnas in Zoology and Ecology (2012) 22, 78. [...] I found that the book is very well written throughout and engaging [...] I think that this is definitely an academic manuscript that will be most appealing to nematode aficionados. David Clarke in: The Quarterly Review of Biology, (2013) 88, 130 This is a very good book. […] the author is to be congratulated for his initiative and achievement in the production of such an enjoyable book that is well written, coherent and presented in a clear and logical format useful for scientists, teachers, students, interested in paleonematology at large and in the evolutionary history of nematodes in particular.Furthermore, the extensive reference list provides the reader with an excellent starting point for further research. Pablo Castillo in: Plant Pathology (2012) 61, 423 [...] this book is both interesting and fascinating, written in a very intelligible style presenting good and surprisingly clear photographs and, therefore, is useful for students, researchers and teachers in Nematology, Palaeontology and Ethology. Nicola Vovlas, in: Nematol. medit. (2011), 39: 207 George Poinar has produced a true biological-paleontological masterpiece! [...]. Arthur J. Boucot, in: Palaios (2011) DOI : 10.2110/palo.2011.BR65
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Brill A New Paradigm for the Conquest of Land by Vertebrates That Includes Exaptations
Book SynopsisA new view for studying and understanding biological evolution emerges when the concepts of phylogenetic systematics and exaptation are combined. A new definition of macroevolution is created. Preadaptation is shown to be a null concept and its comparison with exaptation is shown to be inappropriate. This book criticizes the prevailing view, the adaptationist, microevolutionary outlook, which considers adaptation as being the exclusive or main evolutionary process responsible for vertebrates having occupied the terrestrial environment. The authors argue that the macroevolutionary processes are significantly more important to explain an improbable evolutionary event. Their research shows that macroevolutionary processes are the dominant factors involved in the origin of terrestriality.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements List of Illustrations Notes for Reading This book 1 Phylogenetic Systematics or Cladistics, Introductory Information 1 From Darwin to Hennig 2 Which Animals Are We Dealing With? 3 The Skeleton 2 Adaptive Scenarios 3 Adaptationism, Microevolution, Macroevolution, and Exaptation 4 Monophyly and Geological Time as Counter-arguments to the Adaptationist View of the Origin of Terrestrial Vertebrates 1 Monophyly of Terrestrial Vertebrates 2 The Geologic Time Gap 3 The Extreme Diversity of the Actinopterygii 4 The Phyletic Nature of †Placoderms and †Acanthodians 5 Method Based on Cladistics: New Perspectives 1 Criticisms of Adaptationism 2 Characters 3 Life Styles 4 The Issue of Topology 5 The Origins of Limbs with Digits, Walking, and Terrestriality 6 Recent Phylogenies of Basal Tetrapoda Reveal an Additional Argument 7 Exaptation: Misunderstandings of the Concept 8 Complementary Considerations 6 Geological Time, Morphology, and Ecology 1 Characters 2 Abrupt Appearance of Several Characters 3 Evolutionary Space for Independent New Invasions of Land by Vertebrates after the Devonian 7 Absence of Correlation among Characters and Asynchrony in Their Origins as Additional Arguments 8 Synergy among Arguments and Summary Considerations of the Main Arguments 9 Exaptations, Not Preadaptations, at the Origin of Terrestriality in Vertebrates 10 Science and Its Limits 1 A Statement on Scientific Paradigms 2 A View on the Sociology of Science 3 Epilogue Glossary References Index
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Canopus Editorial Digital LLC Dinosaurios en Chile y los vertebrados del Mesozoico
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Yoosuf Bhutta Roar of the Ages
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Short faced Bear Arctodus simus
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Dire Wolf
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Independently Published MASTODONMammut americanum
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Shadows of the Cave
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Darwin and the Apes
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Independently Published The Feedback Mechanism of Evolution
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Independently Published Yukas Last Signals
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Dire Wolves
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Independently Published The Evolution of Language
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Mastodon
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Megaloceros
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp The Enigma of Sukunaarchaeum
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Amazon Digital Services LLC - Kdp Hell ant
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Independently Published The 30.5 Million Fossil
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Forgotten Books Descriptions of Some New Terrestrial and Fluviatile Shells of North America 1829 1830 1831 Classic Reprint
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The Natural History Museum Discovering Dorothea
Book SynopsisThe biography of a groundbreaking explorer who blazed a trail for women in science.Trade Review'Shindler's wonderment at Dorothea is contagious ... She distils the driven energy, resilience and good-natured charm of this instinctive scientist' Daily Telegraph
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Forgotten Books Manual of Paleontology for the Use of Students Vol. 2 of 2
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Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd Darwins hunch Science race and the search for
Book SynopsisScientists, and their research, are often shaped by the prevailing social and political context at the time. Kuljian explores this trend in South Africa and provides fresh insight on the search for human origins - in the fields of palaeoanthropology and genetics - over the past century.Trade Review"With its unsparing wealth of personal and historical detail, there's nothing else like Darwin's Hunch available." Ian Tattersall, Curator Emeritus, American Museum of Natural History; "Powerful and revealing. Darwin's Hunch is a fantastic read." Xolela Mangcu, Professor of Sociology, University of Cape Town, and author of Biko: A Biography; "Kuljian's writing is astute and insightful, bringing out new dimensions and details throughout." - Saul Dubow, Queen Mary University of London, author of Scientific Racism in Modern South Africa.Table of ContentsPrologue: The response to Homo Naledi; Part One: Searching for Difference: 1. “The Most Interesting Specimens Were the Natives”; 2. The response to the Taung Child Skull: Born in Africa? “Preposterous”; 3. Race Typology and ‘Specimens of Natural History’;
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Schweizerbart Sche Vlgsb. Einfuehrung in Die Palaeobiologie Teil 2
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Edições Nosso Conhecimento Aumento da gravidade terrestre e bioevolução
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A A Balkema Publishers Palaeohistoria: Institute of Archaeology,
Book SynopsisVolume 30 of Palaeohistoria, by the Institute of Archaeology, Groningen, the Netherlands in 1988. It will be useful for several research workers, a number of technical assistants, and research students of archaeozoology
£266.00
The University of Chicago Press Terrestrial Ecosystems Through Time Evolutionary
Book SynopsisA survey of the entire ecological history of life on land--from the earliest traces of terrestrial organisms over 400 million years ago to the beginning of human agriculture.
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The University of Chicago Press Lifes Splendid Drama Evolutionary Biology the
Book SynopsisPeter J. Bowler seeks to recover some of the lost history of life on earth in this work, giving an account of evolutionary morphology and its relationships with palaeontology and biogeography.Table of ContentsList of Figures Preface Table of Geological Periods and Eras 1: The First Evolutionary Biology A New Biology A Revolution in Science? Transforming Traditions The Professional Framework 2: The Tree of Life Relationships Redefined Form and Function Convergence and Parallelism Ontogeny and Phylogeny The Base of the Tree 3: Are the Arthropoda a Natural Group? The Problem of Arthropod Origins The Genealogy of the Crustacea Peripatus and the Origin of the Tracheata Limulus an Arachnid The Debate Widens The Fossil Record 4: Vertebrate Origins The Ascidian Theory The Annelid Theory The Arthropod Theories Nemertines and the Actinozoa Balanoglossus and the Echinoderms The Environmental Trigger Later Developments 5: From Fish to Amphibian The Origin of Fish The Fin Problem The Origin of the Amphibians From Water to Land 6: The Origin of Birds and Mammals From Reptile to Bird Taking to the Air Monotremes, Marsupials, and Mammals The Mammal-like Reptiles 7: Patterns in the Past Putting Things Together Adaptive Radiation Laws and Trends Rise and Fall Mass Extinctions 8: The Geography of Life Zoological Provinces Lost Worlds Northern Origins Southern Continents 9: The Metaphors of Evolutions Trees and Ladders The Biology of Imperialism? Phylogeny and Modern Darwinism Biographical Appendix Bibliography Index
£76.00
The University of Chicago Press Lifes Splendid Drama Evolutionary Biology and
Book SynopsisHistories of the Darwinian revolution have often paid more attention to theoretical debates than to the researchers who struggled to comprehend the deeper evolutionary significance of fossils. This is an account of evolutionary morphology and its relationship with palaeontology and biogeography.
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The University of Chicago Press How the Earth Turned Green A Brief
Book SynopsisOn this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated the ancient oceans. The author traces the history of these verdant organisms, which many would call plants, from their ancient beginnings to the diversity of green life that inhabits the Earth today.
£112.10
The University of Chicago Press Rereading the Fossil Record
Book SynopsisPresents a historical account of the origin, rise, and importance of paleobiology. The author shows how the movement was conceived and promoted by a group of paleontologists and examines the intellectual, disciplinary, and political dynamics involved in the ascendency of paleobiology. It offers insight on data-driven approaches in recent science.Trade Review"An exceptional book, Rereading the Fossil Record draws wisely and appreciatively on the work of fellow historians of science. But it stands on its own as a major contribution that will interest biologists, historians more generally (it's not only good history, it's about history), and philosophers alike." (Science)
£31.00
The University of Chicago Press A Natural History of the New World
Book SynopsisThe paleoecological history of the Americas is as complex as the region is broad: stretching from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego, it features some of the most extraordinary vegetation on the planet. With plants as his scientific muse, the author traces the evolution of ecosystems, beginning from the Late Cretaceous period onwards.
£112.10
The University of Chicago Press A Natural History of the New World The Ecology
Book SynopsisThe paleoecological history of the Americas is as complex as the region is broad: stretching from the Arctic Circle to Tierra del Fuego, it features some of the most extraordinary vegetation on the planet. With plants as his scientific muse, the author traces the evolution of ecosystems, beginning from the Late Cretaceous period onwards.
£42.75
The University of Chicago Press Current Paleoethnobotany Analytical Methods and
Book SynopsisPaleoethnobotany offers powerful tools for reconstructing past cultures by examining the interaction of human populations with the plant world. Plant remains from archaeological sites can provide information for a number of disciplines: archaeologists may use such remains to examine how plants were used, how agriculture changed over time, or how plant offerings in burials signaled social status; ecologists and botanists may use them to study morphological changes in plants due to domestication. Combining case studies and theoretical discussions, Current Paleoethnobotany presents the first full discussion of the major stages and problems of paleoethnobotanical research, from designing and testing equipment, such as flotation machines, to quantification and interpretation. The volume explores a wide range of issues concerning collection techniques, analytical procedures, and interpretive models that will provide accurate information about past human societies from plant remains. The contributors offer data on specific regions as well as more general background information on the basic techniques of paleoethnobotany for the nonspecialist. Throughout, they explicitly examine the assumptions underlying paleoethnobotanical methods and the ways in which those assumptions affect anthropological and ecological research questions. Based on a symposium presented at the 1985 meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, Current Paleoethnobotany moves beyond a technique-oriented view of paleoethnobotany to successfully integrate current thinking about both procedures and research goals. The contributors demonstrate the potential value of the field of paleoethnobotany and open the way for further discussion and improvement.
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The University of Chicago Press Show Me the Bone
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The University of Chicago Press Species and Speciation in the Fossil Record
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