Quest for the African Dinosaurs

Ancient Roots of the Modern World

Häftad, Engelska, 2000

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Beskrivning

Winner of the Colbert Award for the best adult book about dinosaurs Louis Jacobs reopened paleontologists' eyes to the African continent when he uncovered a major fossil site in the hills of Malawi in the 1980s. During five digging seasons in Malawi and three in Cameroon, Jacobs found the remains of two meat-eating theropods, two herbivorous sauropods, an odd crocodile about the size of a Chihuahua, and rare early mammals. Now in paperback, Quest for the African Dinosaurs includes Jacobs' new introduction, which discusses recent developments in paleontological research in Africa.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2000-10-23
Mått:178 x 235 x 21 mm
Vikt:539 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:344
Förlag:Johns Hopkins University Press
ISBN:9780801864810
Utmärkelser:Winner of Colbert Award for the best adult book about dinosaurs 2001 (United States)

Utforska kategorier

Dinosaurieböcker inom Djur och Natur
Paleontologi inom Naturvetenskap och teknik

Mer om författaren

Louis Jacobs, formerly a visiting scholar at Harvard, teaches at Southern Methodist University and is president of the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man.

Recensioner i media

A literary effort of real consequence, a book that informs and entertains, but at the same time is pleasing to the eye and to the ear... One closes Lou Jacobs' book with the wish that it did not have to come to an end... [because] one has been to Africa with Lou and surveyed the passing scene through his amused, discerning eye. -- Edwin H. Colbert Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology

Innehållsförteckning

List of IllustrationsIntroduction to the Johns Hopkins Edition Chapter 1. The Forgotten Dinosaurs of AfricaChapter 2. Tahiti Without SaltChapter 3. Journals From the GroundChapter 4. The Roaming Titan LizardsChapter 5. African Dinosaurs, Before and AfterChapter 6. The Crocodile of CarnivalChapter 7. For One ToothChapter 8. Other NeighborsChapter 9. A Living Dinosaur?Chapter 10. The Good of DinosaursExpedition MembersSuggestion for Further ReadingIndex