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Cambridge University Press Olduvai Gorge
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Cambridge University Press Olduvai Gorge
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Cambridge University Press Olduvai Gorge
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Cambridge University Press The Fossils of the Hunsruck Slate Marine Life in the Devonian 3 Cambridge Paleobiology Series Series Number 3
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Cambridge University Press Jurassic Environments Cambridge Earth Science Series
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Cambridge University Press South Atlantic Paleoceanography
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Cambridge University Press Social Zooarchaeology Humans and Animals in Prehistory
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Cambridge University Press Quaternary Climates Environments and Magnetism
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Cambridge University Press Jurassic and Cretaceous Floras and Climates of the Earth
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Cambridge University Press The Artist and the Scientists Bringing Prehistory to Life
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Cambridge University Press Palaeobiology of Angiosperm Origins
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Cambridge University Press The Elements of Palaeontology
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Cambridge University Press Excavation Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
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Cambridge University Press Body Size in Mammalian Paleobiology
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Cambridge University Press Fossils as Information
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Cambridge University Press The Beginning of the Age of Dinosaurs
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Cambridge University Press Gideon Mantell and the Discovery of Dinosaurs
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Cambridge University Press Dinosaur Systematics
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Cambridge University Press Fossil Crinoids
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Cambridge University Press Vertebrate Taphonomy Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
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Cambridge University Press Vertebrate Paleontological Techniques Volume 1
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Cambridge University Press Fossil Horses
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Cambridge University Press Fossil Crinoids
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive volume on crinoids for palaeontologists, geologists, evolutionary and marine biologists, ecologists and amateur fossil collectors.Trade Review'… a veritable feast that will satisfy starving crinoid lovers the world over. The book is stunning in appearance and authoritative in its treatment. Fossil Crinoids is certain to be popular and useful to a wide variety of readers. There is no comparable work on crinoids that so concisely introduces crinoid paleontology and the rich fossil record of the group … an excellent sourcebook for both professional paleontologists conducting research, as well as for collectors.' American Paleontologist'What an attractive book! … fossils are a pleasure to look at and when they are as well photographed or drawn as these are they are irresistible.' Geology Today' … a handsome and well written volume, which should serve as a thorough introduction to those unfamiliar with these fascinating animals and as a satisfying, up-to-date synthesis for those wishing to renew their acquaintance.' Trends in Ecology and Evolution'Six years in the making, Fossil Crinoids is a masterful work. I congratulate the authors on writing a book that is a pleasure to read and a valuable source of information for both professionals and amateur collectors.' Ronald D. Lewis, Society for Sedimentary Geology'This book has an excellent introduction to crinoid morphology and occurrence'. R. E. Widdison, Geoscientist'… a gem of a book that is beautifully illustrated. It succeeds in bringing the fascination of this ancient group of organisms alive for the reader - professional, student and amateur. Stephen K. Donovan, The Times Higher Education Supplement'A whole book devoted to Crinoids? the things called 'sea-lilies' by normal people? An obscure fossil group looking more like plants than animals, long since extinct, and of interest only to specialist palaeontologists? Wrong on all counts, as this splendid book shows! … this well illustrated, authoritative book … is good value for money.' David Williams, OUGS Journal'… a very informative, beautifully illustrated, if rather specialized book, which is good value for money.' C. R. C. Paul, Geological MagazineTable of ContentsPrelude; Introduction; 1. Crinoid form and function; 2. Systematics, phylogeny and evolutionary history; 3. Fossil occurrence; 4. Taphonomy; 5. Ecology and ecological interactions; 6. Middle Ordovician Trenton Group of New York, USA; 7. Middle Ordovician of the Lake Simcoe area of Ontario, Canada; 8. Upper Ordovician of the Cincinnati, Ohio area, USA; 9. Silurian of Gotland, Sweden; 10. Middle Silurian Rochester Shale of western New York, USA, and southern Ontario, Canada; 11. Scyphocrinitids from the Silurian-Devonian boundary of Morocco; 12. Lower Devonian Manlius/Coeymans Formation of central New York, USA; 13. Lower Devonian Hunsrück Slates of Germany; 14. Middle Devonian Windom Shale of Vincent, New York, USA; 15. Middle Devonian Arkona Shale of Ontario and Silica Shale of Ohio, USA; 16. Lower Mississippian Hampton Formation at LeGrand, Iowa, USA; 17. Lower Mississippian Burlington Limestone along the Mississippi Valley in Iowa, Illinois, and Missouri, USA; 18. Lower Mississippian Edwardsville Formation at Crawfordsville, Indiana, USA; 19. Upper Pennsylvania LaSalle Member, Bond Formation of central Illinois, USA; 20. Permian; 21. Triassic Muschelkalk of central Europe; 22. Pentacrinites from the Lower Jurassic of the Dorset coast of southern England; 23. Lower Jurassic Posidonia Shales of southern Germany; 24. Middle Jurassic of southern England; 25. Middle Jurassic of northern Switzerland; 26. Upper Jurassic Solnhofen Plattenkalk of Bavaria, Germany; 27. Uintacrinus beds of the Upper Cretaceous Niobrara formation, Kansas, USA; 28. Tertiary; 29. Recent; Appendices; Bibliography; Index.
£95.95
Cambridge University Press Dinosaur Eggs and Babies
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Cambridge University Press Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution
Book SynopsisThe recent discovery of diverse fossil flowers and floral organs in Cretaceous strata has revealed astonishing details about the structural and systematic diversity of early angiosperms. Exploring the rich fossil record that has accumulated over the last three decades, this is a unique study of the evolutionary history of flowering plants from their earliest phases in obscurity to their dominance in modern vegetation. The discussion provides comprehensive biological and geological background information, before moving on to summarise the fossil record in detail. Including previously unpublished results based on research into Early and Late Cretaceous fossil floras from Europe and North America, the authors draw on direct palaeontological evidence of the pattern of angiosperm evolution through time. Synthesising palaeobotanical data with information from living plants, this unique book explores the latest research in the field, highlighting connections with phylogenetic systematics, strTrade Review'… this book provides not only facts but also many potential questions and can thus serve as both an inspirational textbook [and] as a recipe for future research investigations. … an important book for those wishing a fuller understanding of floral evolution. Buy it, read it, discuss it, and you will achieve sexual enlightenment of the floral kind.' Plant Science Bulletin'… copiously illustrated throughout with colour photographs, graphs, diagrams and drawings. … This long-awaited book represents not only a remarkable tour de force of palaeobotanical literature, but also a potentially enduring biological textbook. Part of its appeal lies in the excellence of its production.' Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society' … how do you write a definitive book for the 21st Century? Early Flowers and Angiosperm Evolution provides a blueprint … It stands as a superbly annotated index of the data behind our current understanding of early angiosperm evolution... This is among the most beautiful scholarly books I've seen in a long time. Outcrop pictures are clearly rendered in color, and maps and some diagrams include a touch of hue to enhance interpretation … It is detailed, accessible and offers a synthetic perspective from a team that has been thinking deeply about this topic for decades. And I hope this isn't the last word. But the thing I love best about paleontology is that one fossil can rewrite everything we thought that we knew. Then we'll be ready for the next definitive book.' Evolution – This View of Life: Paleontology MagazineTable of ContentsPreface; 1. Introduction to angiosperms; 2. The nature of the angiosperm fossil record; 3. The environmental context of early angiosperm evolution; 4. Stratigraphic framework and key areas for Cretaceous angiosperms; 5. Angiosperms in context: extant and fossil seed plants; 6. Origin and age of angiosperms; 7. Phylogenetic framework and the assignment of fossils to extant groups; 8. Fossils near the base of the angiosperm tree; 9. Early fossil angiosperms of uncertain relationships; 10. Early fossils of eumagnoliids; 11. Fossils of monocots; 12. Fossils of eudicots: early diverging groups; 13. Fossils of core eudicots: basal lineages; 14. Fossils of core eudicots: rosids; 15. Early fossils of eudicots: asterids; 16. Patterns of structural diversification in angiosperm reproductive organs; 17. History and evolution of pollination in angiosperms; 18. History and evolution of dispersal in angiosperms; 19. Vegetational context of early angiosperm diversification; 20. The accumulation of angiosperm diversity; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America
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Cambridge University Press Functional Morphology in Vertebrate Paleontology
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Cambridge University Press Quantitative Paleozoology Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
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Cambridge University Press Birds
Book SynopsisBirds is the first book to examine bird remains in archaeology and anthropology. Providing a thorough review of the literature on this topic, it also serves as a guide to the methods of study of bird remains from the past and covers a wide range of topics, including anatomy and osteology, taphonomy, eggs, feathers, and bone tools. It examines the myriad ways in which people have interacted with birds in the past. The volume also includes discussion on the consumption of wild birds, the domestication of birds, cockfighting and falconry, birds in ritual and religion, and the role of birds in ecological reconstruction, providing an up-to-date survey of current knowledge on these topics. Birds will be an invaluable resource for undergraduate and graduate students interested in zooarchaeology and human-animal relations, as well as professional zooarchaeologists, archaeologists, and anthropologists interested in birds and people of the past.Trade Review"...a thorough review of the literature on this topic, it also serves as a guide to the methods of study of bird remains from the past and covers a wide range of topics, including anatomy and osteology, taphonomy, eggs, feathers, and bone tools." The Birdbooker Report"... interesting and well-researched book... Birds will be a valuable resource for interested advanced students studying ornithology, anthropology, paleontology, and archaeology/zooarchaeology." D.A. Brass, Choice Magazine"Overall, Birds is an excellent book and it could easily serve as a key reference source for looking into the various roles and remains of birds in the archaeological past." -Robert J. Stark, Canadian Journal of ArchaeologyTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. Biology, behaviour and anatomy; 3. Ageing, sexing and pathology with Tony Waldron; 4. Identification, recording and quantification; 5. Taphonomy: natural changes and recovery; 6. Taphonomy: human modifications and element survival; 7. Eggs and eggshell; 8. Feathers, skins and other products; 9. Tools and ornaments; 10. Wild birds as food; 11. The domestic chicken; 12. Other domestic birds; 13. Sport and pleasure; 14. Birds in symbol and ritual; 15. Birds in the environment; 16. Conclusions and outstanding questions.
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Cambridge University Press Social Zooarchaeology
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Cambridge University Press The Development of Animal Form
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Cambridge University Press Birds Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
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Cambridge University Press The Paleontology of Gran Barranca
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Cambridge University Press Quantitative Paleozoology Cambridge Manuals in Archaeology
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Cambridge University Press The Cave of Fontchevade Recent Excavations and their Paleoanthropological Implications
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Cambridge University Press Critical History for Tomorrows Paleontology
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Cambridge University Press Fossils of All Kinds
Book SynopsisTo the naturalist John Woodward (c.16651728), fossils were 'much neglected', and he spent much of his life studying them. He was particularly interested in their classification, a topic he addresses in this illustrated work, published in 1728, which is still considered an important early contribution to natural history.Table of ContentsPreface; A methodical distribution of fossils into their proper classes; Letters relating to the method of fossils; Appendices.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs
Book Synopsis“A cracking read, combining storytelling of the highest order with a trove of information. . . . What’s remarkable is that it all fits together.”—Wall Street Journal“Successful science writing tells a complete story of the ‘how’—the methodical marvel building up to the ‘why’—and Randall does just that.”—New York Times Book Review“[Randall] is a lucid explainer, street-wise and informal. Without jargon or mathematics, she steers us through centuries of sometimes tortuous astronomical history.”—The GuardianIn Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs, Professor Lisa Randall, one of today’s most influential theoretical physicists, takes readers on an intellectual adventure through the history of the cosmos, showing how events in the farthest reaches of the Universe created the conditions for life—and death—on our planet.Sixty-six million years ago, an object the size of a city crashed into Earth, killing off the dinosaurs, along with three-quarters of the planet’s species. Challenging the usual assumptions about the simple makeup of the unseen material that constitutes 85% of the matter in the Universe, Randall explains how a disk of dark matter in the Milky Way plane might have triggered the cataclysm.But Dark Matter and the Dinosaurs does more than present a radical idea. With clarity and wit, it explains the nature of the Universe, dark matter, the Milky Way galaxy, comets, asteroids, and impacts. This breathtaking synthesis, illuminated by pop culture references and social and political viewpoints, reveals the deep relationships among the small and the large, the visible and the hidden, as well as the astonishing beauty of the connections that surround us. It’s impossible to read this book and look at either the Earth or the sky again in the same way.
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HarperCollins Publishers Inc The Rise and Reign of the Mammals
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The University of Chicago Press The Fate of the Mammoth
Book SynopsisFrom cave paintings to the latest Siberian finds, woolly mammoths have fascinated people across the world for centuries. In this volume the large mammal is reconstructed through its history in science, myth and popular culture.Trade Review"Some groping attempts to tell the history of paleontology through a mammoth's eyes have been made before, but only as a lick and promise, and largely by amateur enthusiasts with (perhaps) adequate knowledge of fossils, but little understanding of the subtleties or larger contexts in the history of science. But, in this truly pathbreaking book, the mammoth has finally met its match in Claudine Cohen." - from the Foreword by Stephen Jay Gould
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The University of Chicago Press Rise of the Dragon Readings from Nature on the
Book SynopsisMany of the fossil finds in China were announced to English speakers in the journal Nature. This collection features 16 reports, some augumented with commentaries originally published in Nature's News and Views section.
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University of Chicago Press Evolutionary Patterns Growth Form Tempo in the
Book SynopsisThis text demonstrates the rich variety of clues to evolution that can be gleaned from the fossil record. Contributors explore modes of development, the tempo of speciation and extinction, and macroevolutionary patterns and trends.
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The University of Chicago Press Bones Clones and Biomes
Book SynopsisOffers an exploration of the development and relationships of the modern mammal fauna through a series of studies that encompass the last one hundred million years and both Central and South America.
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University of Chicago Press Georges Cuvier Fossil Bones and Geological
Book SynopsisGeorge Cuvier's research on fossil bones helped in the formation of geology and palaeontology. In this translation, his writings on fossils and catastrophes are accompanied by a narrative and interpretive commentary, placing Cuvier's work in its biographical, scientific and social context.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments Notes on the Texts 1: The Theory of the Earth 2: Living and Fossil Elephants 3: The Megatherium from South America 4: A Research Program on Fossil Bones 5: An Appeal for International Collaboration 6: The Animals from the Gypsum Beds around Paris 7: A Pouched Marsupial from Paris 8: Popular Lectures on Geology 9: A Review of Fossil Pachyderms 10: A Report on Andre's Theory of the Earth 11: The Progress of Geological Science 12: The Geology of the Region around Paris 13: Fossil Deer and Cattle 14: Collected Researches on Fossil Bones 15: The Revolutions of the Globe 16: Conclusions Further Reading Bibliography of Cuvier's Sources Bibliography of Works by Historians of Science App: French Texts of Previously Unpublished Manuscripts Sources for Figures Index
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The University of Chicago Press Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This excellent book describes and illustrates fourteen sites that range over 560 million years.... It's just the job for students and teachers, and the general fossil enthusiast will get a lot from this guide to some of the world's best fossil sites." - New Scientist"
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The University of Chicago Press Mystic Bones
Book SynopsisThe desert has long been a theme in Mark C. Taylor's work, from his inquiries into the religious significance of Las Vegas to his writings on earthworks artist Michael Heizer. At once haunted by absence and loss, the desert, for Taylor, is a place of exile and wandering, of temptation and tribulation. Bones, in turn, speak to his abiding interest in remnants, ruins, ritual, and immanence. Taylor combines his fascination in the detritus of the desert and its philosophical significance with his work in photography in Mystic Bones. A collection of remarkably elegant close-up images of weathered bonesremains of cattle, elk, and deer skeletons gathered from the desert of the American WestMystic Bones pairs each photograph with a philosophical aphorism. These images are buttressed by a major essay, Rubbings of Reality, in which Taylor explores the use of bones in the religious rituals of native inhabitants of the Western desert and, more broadly, the appearance of bones in myth and religious reality. Meditating on the way in which bones paradoxically embody both the personal and the impersonalat one time they are our very substance, but eventually they become our last remnants, anonymous, memorializing oblivionTaylor here suggests ways in which natural processes can be thought of as art, and bones as art objects. Bones, Taylor writes, draw us elsewhere. To follow their traces beyond the edge of the human is to wander into ageless times and open spaces where everything familiar becomes strange. By revealing beauty hidden in the most unexpected places, these haunting images refigure death in a way that allows life to be seen anew. A bold new work from a respected philosopher of religion, Mystic Bones is Taylor's his most personal statement of after-God theology.
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Hachette Books The Dinosaur Artist
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