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Dinosaur Extinction and the End of an Era
What the Fossils Say
Häftad, 1996
436 kr
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The first book to approach the Cretaceous extinction-the period during which dinosaurs disappeared from Earth-from the perspective of the fossil record.
Aristotle's Ladder, Darwin's Tree
The Evolution of Visual Metaphors for Biological Order
Inbunden, 2014
694 kr
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Leading paleontologist J. David Archibald explores the rich history of visual metaphors for biological order from ancient times to the present and their influence on humans' perception of their place in nature, offering uncommon insight into how we went from standing on the top rung of the …
Origins of Darwin's Evolution
Solving the Species Puzzle Through Time and Place
Inbunden, 2017
1037 kr
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In On the Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin presented his evidence for evolution and natural selection as its mechanism. He drew upon his earliest data gathered during his voyage on the HMS Beagle, which included collecting mammalian fossils in South America clearly related to living forms, …
Origins of Darwin's Evolution
Solving the Species Puzzle Through Time and Place
Häftad, 2020
265 kr
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Historical biogeography—the study of the history of species through both time and place—first convinced Charles Darwin of evolution. This field was so important to Darwin’s initial theories and line of thinking that he said as much in the very first paragraph of On the Origin of Species (1859) and …
Rise of Placental Mammals
Origins and Relationships of the Major Extant Clades
Av Kenneth D. Rose, J. David Archibald
Inbunden, 2005
1300 kr
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From shrews to blue whales, placental mammals are among the most diverse and successful vertebrates on the Earth. Arising sometime near the Late Cretaceous, this broad clade of mammals contains more than 1,000 genera and approximately 4,400 extant species. Although much studied, the origin and …
Extinction and Radiation
How the Fall of Dinosaurs Led to the Rise of Mammals
Inbunden, 2011
831 kr
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In the geological blink of an eye, mammals moved from an obscure group of vertebrates into a class of planetary dominance. Why? J. David Archibald's provocative study identifies the fall of dinosaurs as the factor that allowed mammals to evolve into the dominant tetrapod form. Archibald refutes the …
Charles Darwin
A Reference Guide to His Life and Works
Inbunden, 2018
796 kr
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Charles Darwin: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works provides an important new compendium presenting a detailed chronology of all aspects Darwin’s life. The extensive encyclopedia section includes many hundreds of entries of various kinds related to Darwin – people, places, institutions, …
Charles Darwin
A Reference Guide to His Life and Works
E-bok, 2018
849 kr
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Charles Darwin: A Reference Guide to His Life and Works provides an important new compendium presenting a detailed chronology of all aspects Darwin’s life. The extensive encyclopedia section includes many hundreds of entries of various kinds related to Darwin – people, places, institutions, …
Charles Darwin
Häftad, 2021
186 kr
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In 1859 Charles Darwin published On the Origin of Species. In this bedrock of biology books Darwin carved a new origin-story for all life: evolution rather than creation.In his new biography J. David Archibald describes and analyses Darwin’s prodigious body of work, as well as his equally …
