Author: Dougal Dixon
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304355112
Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This major new atlas offers the first complete look at the evolution of the Earth, from the beginning of the solar system to the present-day. Its six sections are divided into 18 chapters setting out the geological and biological developments of each major geological period. The volume's final section looks at the ways in which the Earth and its biosphere are still evolving today. The distribution today of types of rock, geological formations, fossils and modern species are explained, and the processes of natural evolution and of landscape formation through plate tectonics are revealed here as never before.
Cassell's Atlas of Evolution
Author: Dougal Dixon
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304355112
Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This major new atlas offers the first complete look at the evolution of the Earth, from the beginning of the solar system to the present-day. Its six sections are divided into 18 chapters setting out the geological and biological developments of each major geological period. The volume's final section looks at the ways in which the Earth and its biosphere are still evolving today. The distribution today of types of rock, geological formations, fossils and modern species are explained, and the processes of natural evolution and of landscape formation through plate tectonics are revealed here as never before.
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304355112
Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 368
Book Description
This major new atlas offers the first complete look at the evolution of the Earth, from the beginning of the solar system to the present-day. Its six sections are divided into 18 chapters setting out the geological and biological developments of each major geological period. The volume's final section looks at the ways in which the Earth and its biosphere are still evolving today. The distribution today of types of rock, geological formations, fossils and modern species are explained, and the processes of natural evolution and of landscape formation through plate tectonics are revealed here as never before.
East African Mammals
Author: Jonathan Kingdon
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226437255
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Detailed anatomical illustrations accompany information on the appearance, habits, geographical distribution, and evolutionary changes of the smaller mammals of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Bibliogs.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226437255
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 362
Book Description
Detailed anatomical illustrations accompany information on the appearance, habits, geographical distribution, and evolutionary changes of the smaller mammals of Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania. Bibliogs.
Atlas of Evolution
Author: Sir Gavin De Beer
Publisher:
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Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Illustrated survey for scientist and layman.
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Category : Evolution
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Illustrated survey for scientist and layman.
Atlas of Evolution
Author: De Beer (Sir Gavin Rylands)
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Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
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Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Atlas of evolution
Author: Gavin Rylands de Beer
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Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Atlas of Evolution
Author: Fabian Society
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Languages : en
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An Atlas of Evolution
Author: Noel Korn
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Category : Fossil hominids
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
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Category : Fossil hominids
Languages : en
Pages : 60
Book Description
The Viking Atlas of Evolution
Author: Roger Osborne
Publisher: Viking Books
ISBN: 9780670858279
Category : Biogeography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Historical atlas covers the history and evolution of life on earth, taking a geographical approach to illuminate the spread of species and the varieties of evolution on different continents.
Publisher: Viking Books
ISBN: 9780670858279
Category : Biogeography
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Historical atlas covers the history and evolution of life on earth, taking a geographical approach to illuminate the spread of species and the varieties of evolution on different continents.
Atlas of Evolution
Author: Sir Gavin Rylands Debeer
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Languages : en
Pages : 202
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Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Atlas of Woody Plant Stems
Author: Fritz Hans Schweingruber
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540325255
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
This atlas gives a unique assemblage of microscopic slides of wood anatomy and of the respective species in nature and demonstrates the reaction of stem anatomy to environments in which plants form woody stems. It provides insight into the evolution of wood, to the variation of wood anatomy in response to climate and disturbances, and it gives an introduction to the methodology used to study wood. Special attention has been given to the unique feature of secondary growth. In color throughout and with more than 700 both beautiful and instructive illustrations, the wide-ranging scientific content of this book makes it both attractive and unique.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540325255
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 231
Book Description
This atlas gives a unique assemblage of microscopic slides of wood anatomy and of the respective species in nature and demonstrates the reaction of stem anatomy to environments in which plants form woody stems. It provides insight into the evolution of wood, to the variation of wood anatomy in response to climate and disturbances, and it gives an introduction to the methodology used to study wood. Special attention has been given to the unique feature of secondary growth. In color throughout and with more than 700 both beautiful and instructive illustrations, the wide-ranging scientific content of this book makes it both attractive and unique.