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Fossils provide a powerful tool for the study of the nearly 4-billion-year history of life, and its role in the evolution of Earth systems. They also provide important data for evolutionary studies, and contribute to our understanding of the extinction of organisms and...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-16
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An up-to-date atlas of an important fossil and living group, with the Natural History Museum. Deep-sea benthic foraminifera have played a central role in biostratigraphic, paleoecological, and paleoceanographical research for over a century. These single–celled marine...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-04-03
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This text is designed for students and anyone else with an interest in the history of life on our planet. The author describes the biological evolution of Earth’s organisms, and reconstructs their adaptations to the life they led, and the ecology and environment in...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2013-01-22
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The study of dinosaurs has been experiencing a remarkable renaissance over the past few decades. Scientific understanding of dinosaur anatomy, biology, and evolution has advanced to such a degree that paleontologists often know more about 100-million-year-old dinosaurs...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-02-28
Collection :
TOPA Topics in Paleobiology
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HOMO BRITANNICUS tells the epic history of life in Britain, from man’s very first footsteps to the present day. Drawing on all the latest evidence and techniques of investigation, Chris Stringer describes times when Britain was so tropical that man lived alongside...
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Penguin
Parution :
2007-06-28
ePub
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The Pleistocene epoch or Ice Age, an extended period of advancing and retreating ice sheets, is characterized by striking climatic oscillations and sea level fluctuations. This age saw the rise and spread of humans and a great extinction of large mammals by the end of...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
1998-06-18
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Why do mass extinctions occur? The demise of the dinosaurs has been discussed exhaustively, but has never been out into the context of other extinction events. This is the first systematic review of the mass extinctions of all organisms, plant and animal, terrestrial...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
1997-09-11
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Presents the different types of dinosaurs and reconstructs their appearance, habits and behavior and the world in which they flourished. Also describes important fossil finds. Includes a helpful dictionary of dinosaur names. A must-have for all dino enthusiasts.
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Rare Treasure Editions
Parution :
2021-11-06
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