The Search for Our Prehistoric Past
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Frank H. T. Rhodes is President Emeritus of Cornell University. A geologist by training, he has published numerous works on geology and education including the books Earth: A Tenants Manual and The Creation of the Future: The Role of the American University (both from Cornell), The Evolution of Life, and Language of the Earth. He holds the Bigsby Medal of the Geological Society, the Ian Campbell Medal of the American Geological Institute, and the Clark-Kerr Medal of the University of CaliforniaBerkeley. He holds more than thirty honorary degrees from universities both in the United States and abroad.
1. Defrosting the Mammoth 2. Terrestrial Timepieces 3. "From So Simple a Beginning" 4. Classification: The Diversity of Life 5. Spineless Wonders 6. Bone, Scales, and Fins: The Early Vertebrates 7. The Greening of the Land 8. The Amphibian Foothold 9. The Reign of the Reptiles 10. The Air 11. The Blossoming Earth 12. The Rise of the Mammals 13. The Mammalian Explosion 14. The Leakeys' Legacy 15. "Endless Forms, Most Beautiful and Most Wonderful" 16. On Extinction 17. "Have Been and Are Being Evolved": The Development of Life Epilogue