Palaeontology

Anthropology, and by extension archaeology, has had a long-standing interest in evolution in one or several of its various guises.

This book offers many examples of calcareous microfossils and describes a new microfaunistic record in Argentina.

These proceedings contain selected papers from the Special Symposium, organised by the Argentine Association of Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies in October 2017.

Relatively, a new discipline, Paleontology is the study of ancient Life forms that have inhabited our earth, and of the fossils that remain behind.

Highlighting the latest research on Actualistic Taphonomy (AT), this book presents the outcomes of a meeting that took place in Montevideo, Uruguay, in October 2017.

This volume addresses major evolutionary changes that took place during the Mesozoic and the Cenozoic.

The aim of the atlas is to provide images of taphonomic modifications, making it as comprehensive as possible with evidence presently available.

The molecular and genomic underpinning for the echinoderm fossil record.

Advances in Paleoimaging: Applications for Paleoanthropology, Bioarchaeology, Forensics, and Cultural Artifacts builds on the research and advances in technology since the writing of the authors' first book, Paleoimaging: Field Applications for Cultural Remains and Artifacts (ISBN: 978-1-4200-9071-0).

This book uses primary documents as a lens through which to examine historical and present-day efforts to protect endangered species in the United States and around the world.

Highly recommended by CHOICE, Oct 2018Extremophiles are nature's ultimate survivors, thriving in environments ranging from the frozen Antarctic to abyssal hot hydrothermal vents.

We are currently facing the sixth mass extinction of species in the history of life on Earth, biologists claim-the first one caused by humans.

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This book addresses the main enigmas of Easter Island's (Rapa Nui, in the Polynesian language) prehistory from the time of initial settlement to European contact with a multidisciplinary perspective.

The habitats of most species have been fragmented by human actions, isolating small populations that consequently develop genetic problems.

Relatively, a new discipline, Paleontology is the study of ancient Life forms that have inhabited our earth, and of the fossils that remain behind.

Why do mass extinctions occur?

Patterns of evolution, as illustrated by the fossil record

'A call to arms for everyone' Steve Backshall'Eye-opening' New ScientistThe diversity of life on earth is astounding, with each species perfectly adapted to its environment.

This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, non-technical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world.

Originally published in 1995, The Antievolution Pamphlets of Harry Rimmer is the sixth volume in the series, Creationism in Twentieth Century America.

The Great Ice Age documents and explains the natural climatic and palaeoecologic changes that have occurred during the past 2.

The chapters in this book will cover the paleontology and geology of some important rock formations (Paleozoic and Paleogene) in the northeastern United States.

Fungi are ubiquitous in the world and responsible for driving the evolution and governing the sustainability of ecosystems now and in the past.

Phylogenetic community paleoecology of Upper Ordovician crinoid faunas reveals the timing and magnitude of niche evolution through deep time.

Biological nomenclature is an essential tool for storing and retrieving biological information.

From the Foreword: "e;Predator-prey interactions are among the most significant of all organism-organism interactions.

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INVESTIGATING FOSSILS INVESTIGATING FOSSILSA HISTORY OF PALAEONTOLOGYInvestigating Fossils A History of Palaeontology is a concise and accessible look at changing attitudes to palaeontology in general, and fossils in particular.

A Choice Outstanding Academic Title At once an elegy and an exhortation.

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.

A controversial challenge to current views of evolution, for the general reader.

Britain is home to fifteen species of breeding birds of prey, from the hedgerow-hopping Sparrowhawk to the breathtaking White-tailed Eagle.

In this landmark work on a subject too often dismissed as paranormal or disreputable, Jeff Meldrum gives us the first book on sasquatch to be written by a scientist with impeccable academic credentials, an objective look at the facts in a field mined with hoaxes and sensationalism.

Precambrian of the Northern Hemisphere

Cognitive Archaeology, Body Cognition, and the Evolution of Visuospatial Perception offers a multidisciplinary and comprehensive perspective on the evolution of the visuospatial ability in the human genus.

This unique volume of thirty essays, by fifty-three internationally known scholars, honours C.

Gideon Mantell (1790-1852) was a respected surgeon and a pioneering geologist and palaeontologist.

Early Continent Evolution of the North China Craton discusses the tectono-thermal regimes of the early continental crust in the North China Craton (NCC) from the Hadean to the early Paleoproterozoic, reconstructing the evolutional framework, and facilitating comprehensive understanding of the early continent evolution of the NCC.

In the present book the Paleogene fossil record of birds is detailed for the first time on a worldwide scale.

Invasion biology has many hypotheses, but it is largely unknown whether they are backed up by empirical evidence.

A synthesis of the environmental and climatic history of every major desert and desert margin, for researchers and advanced students.

Feathers are one of the most unique characteristics of modern birds and represent the most complex and colourful type of skin derivate within vertebrates, while also fulfilling various biological roles, including flight, thermal insulation, display, and sensory function.

A study of the evolution of flowering plants, from their earliest phases in obscurity to their dominance in modern vegetation.

Described as "e;a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers"e; by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention in this new book to another distinctive corner of California-its desert, the driest and hottest environment in North America.

South American ecosystems suffered one of the greatest biogeographical events, after the establishment of the Panamian land bridge, called the "e;Great American Biotic Interchange"e; (GABI).