Author: Jordi Agustí
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521640978
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Reconstructs European and Mediterranean climate over the last 20 million years in relation to human evolution.
Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Volume 1, The Evolution of Neogene Terrestrial Ecosystems in Europe
Author: Jordi Agustí
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521640978
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Reconstructs European and Mediterranean climate over the last 20 million years in relation to human evolution.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521640978
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 548
Book Description
Reconstructs European and Mediterranean climate over the last 20 million years in relation to human evolution.
After the Dinosaurs
Author: Donald R. Prothero
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253000556
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
A fascinating study of the thousands of new animal species that walked in the footsteps of the dinosaurs—and the climate changes that brought them forth. The fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago (except for their feathered descendants). In their place evolved an enormous variety of land creatures, especially mammals, which in their way were every bit as remarkable as their Mesozoic cousins. The Age of Mammals, the Cenozoic Era, has never had its Jurassic Park, but it was an amazing time in earth’s history, populated by a wonderful assortment of bizarre animals. The rapid evolution of thousands of species of mammals brought forth many incredible creatures―including our own ancestors. Their story is part of a larger story of new life emerging from the greenhouse conditions of the Mesozoic, warming up dramatically about 55 million years ago, and then cooling rapidly so that 33 million years ago the glacial ice returned. The earth’s vegetation went through equally dramatic changes, from tropical jungles in Montana and forests at the poles. Life in the sea underwent striking evolution reflecting global climate change, including the emergence of such creatures as giant sharks, seals, sea lions, dolphins, and whales. Engaging and insightful, After the Dinosaurs is a book for everyone who has an abiding fascination with the remarkable life of the past.
Publisher: Indiana University Press
ISBN: 0253000556
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393
Book Description
A fascinating study of the thousands of new animal species that walked in the footsteps of the dinosaurs—and the climate changes that brought them forth. The fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago (except for their feathered descendants). In their place evolved an enormous variety of land creatures, especially mammals, which in their way were every bit as remarkable as their Mesozoic cousins. The Age of Mammals, the Cenozoic Era, has never had its Jurassic Park, but it was an amazing time in earth’s history, populated by a wonderful assortment of bizarre animals. The rapid evolution of thousands of species of mammals brought forth many incredible creatures―including our own ancestors. Their story is part of a larger story of new life emerging from the greenhouse conditions of the Mesozoic, warming up dramatically about 55 million years ago, and then cooling rapidly so that 33 million years ago the glacial ice returned. The earth’s vegetation went through equally dramatic changes, from tropical jungles in Montana and forests at the poles. Life in the sea underwent striking evolution reflecting global climate change, including the emergence of such creatures as giant sharks, seals, sea lions, dolphins, and whales. Engaging and insightful, After the Dinosaurs is a book for everyone who has an abiding fascination with the remarkable life of the past.
Evolution of Tertiary Mammals of North America: Volume 1, Terrestrial Carnivores, Ungulates, and Ungulate Like Mammals
Author: Christine M. Janis
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521355193
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
This book is designed as a source and reference for people interested in the history and fossil record of North American tertiary mammals. Each chapter covers a different family or order, and includes information on anatomical features, systematics, the distribution of the genera and species at different fossil localities, and a discussion of their paleobiology. Many of these groups have never been covered in this fashion before.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521355193
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 712
Book Description
This book is designed as a source and reference for people interested in the history and fossil record of North American tertiary mammals. Each chapter covers a different family or order, and includes information on anatomical features, systematics, the distribution of the genera and species at different fossil localities, and a discussion of their paleobiology. Many of these groups have never been covered in this fashion before.
Neogene Paleontology and Geology of Sahabi
Author: Noel Thomas Boaz
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 432
Book Description
European Neogene Mammal Chronology
Author: Everett H. Lindsay
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1489925139
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
During the last ZO years great progress has been achieved in our understanding of both earth history and vertebrate evolution. The result is that climatic/tectonic events in earth history can now be placed in a more precise and global time frame, that permit their evaluation as abiotic causal factors which might trigger extinction and dispersal events in vertebrate history. Great strides have also been made in genetics and cell biology, providing new insight into phylogenetic relationships among many vertebrates. These new data, along with data on chronologie resolution of earth history, provide tests of previous interpretations regarding ancestral-descendant relationships based solely on the fossil record. It is fitting and proper that a volume on European Neogene mammal chronology is produced at this time, to ensure that new interpretations of vertebrate evolution and chronology are based on the most accurate and current data. Vertebrate paleon tologists believe that the fossil record is the only secure data for measuring the actual course and tempo of vertebrate evolution. Knowledge of the fossil record must keep pace with advances in other areas of science so that inferences on vertebrate evolu tion are accurate and meaningful.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1489925139
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 657
Book Description
During the last ZO years great progress has been achieved in our understanding of both earth history and vertebrate evolution. The result is that climatic/tectonic events in earth history can now be placed in a more precise and global time frame, that permit their evaluation as abiotic causal factors which might trigger extinction and dispersal events in vertebrate history. Great strides have also been made in genetics and cell biology, providing new insight into phylogenetic relationships among many vertebrates. These new data, along with data on chronologie resolution of earth history, provide tests of previous interpretations regarding ancestral-descendant relationships based solely on the fossil record. It is fitting and proper that a volume on European Neogene mammal chronology is produced at this time, to ensure that new interpretations of vertebrate evolution and chronology are based on the most accurate and current data. Vertebrate paleon tologists believe that the fossil record is the only secure data for measuring the actual course and tempo of vertebrate evolution. Knowledge of the fossil record must keep pace with advances in other areas of science so that inferences on vertebrate evolu tion are accurate and meaningful.
Cenozoic Mammals of Africa
Author: Lars Werdelin
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520257219
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
"This impressively comprehensive volume is a long-awaited and worthy successor to the now outdated 1978 classic, Evolution of African Mammals. A must-have reference work for everyone interested in mammalian evolution." David Pilbeam, Harvard University and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology --
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520257219
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1008
Book Description
"This impressively comprehensive volume is a long-awaited and worthy successor to the now outdated 1978 classic, Evolution of African Mammals. A must-have reference work for everyone interested in mammalian evolution." David Pilbeam, Harvard University and the Peabody Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology --
Indian Tertiary and Post Tertiary Vertebrata ..: pt. 1. Siwalik Mammalia. Supplement 1 (1886)
Author: Geological Survey of India
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Paleontology
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
The Evolution of Artiodactyls
Author: Donald R. Prothero
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801887356
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Artiodactyls are diverse and successful hoofed mammals, represented by nearly two hundred living species of pigs, peccaries, hippos, camels, deer, sheep, cattle, giraffes, and other even-toed ungulates. In the recent years, a tremendous amount of research has been conducted on this important order. The Evolution of Artiodactyls synthesizes this research into a single volume. The authors explore a variety of topics, including molecular phylogeny of terrestrial artiodactyls phylogenetic relationships of cetaceans to terrestrial artiodactyls, and the earliest artiodactyls—Diacodexidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae.
Publisher: JHU Press
ISBN: 0801887356
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 382
Book Description
Artiodactyls are diverse and successful hoofed mammals, represented by nearly two hundred living species of pigs, peccaries, hippos, camels, deer, sheep, cattle, giraffes, and other even-toed ungulates. In the recent years, a tremendous amount of research has been conducted on this important order. The Evolution of Artiodactyls synthesizes this research into a single volume. The authors explore a variety of topics, including molecular phylogeny of terrestrial artiodactyls phylogenetic relationships of cetaceans to terrestrial artiodactyls, and the earliest artiodactyls—Diacodexidae, Dichobunidae, Homacodontidae, Leptochoeridae, and Raoellidae.
Rancho La Brea
Author: Chester Stock
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : La Brea Pits (Calif.)
Languages : en
Pages : 92
Book Description
Dinocerata
Author: Othniel Charles Marsh
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dinocerata
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Dinocerata
Languages : en
Pages : 522
Book Description