Palaeontology

Painting a complete picture of the history of the Everglades, The Geology of the Everglades and Adjacent Areas brings together theperspectives of various geoscientists to provides an overview of the geology, paleontology, and paleoceanography of the Everglades region.

Compared to other arthropods, crustaceans are characterized by an unparalleled disparity of body plans.

Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms.

Will most of the major fisheries of the world be exhausted by 2048, as has been claimed?

'An honest, compelling and important account, and a critical plea for a fusion of farming, food and nature to provide global ecological security' CHRIS PACKHAMWhy are so many animals facing extinction?

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'An invaluable contribution to our understanding of present circumstances, just as the paradigm shift she calls for is sorely needed' - Al Gore, New York Times

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A mysterious and rarely seen beast, the Scottish Wildcat is Britain's rarest mammal, and one of the most endangered carnivores in the world.

Rat Island rises from the icy gray waters of the Bering Sea, a mass of volcanic rock covered with tundra, midway between Alaska and Siberia.

A compelling analysis of the species that are most at risk of disappearing from our world - and what it means to us to lose them.

Caught on camera prior to their demise, this book reveals the surprisingly rich photographic record of now-extinct animals.

Fossils provide us with a tantalizing glimpse of Britain's prehistoric past and hold the key to unlocking the secrets of life's history and evolution.

This Brief analyses and discusses the laterites in the Bengal Basin.

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

This is a new and completely rewritten edition of the well-known text Microfossils (first published in 1980) covering all the major microfossil groups, with information on taxonomy, phylogeny, ecology and palaeoecology.

When did life first appear on Earth and what form did it take?

The volume contains summaries of facts, theories, and unsolved problems pertaining to the unexplained extinction of dozens of genera of mostly large terrestrial mammals, which occurred ca.

An understanding of the uniquely human behavior of stone tool making tackles questions about hominins' ability to culturally transmit and expand their base of social and practical knowledge and their cognitive capacities for advanced planning.

This volume delves into a spectrum of theoretical as well as applied aspects of high-resolution stratigraphic approaches in paleontology.

Science is supposedly ultimately constrained by the nature of the physical world, meaning that changes in scientific methods and practice are supposed to be away from those with less utility and toward those that are more revealing, useful, and productive of insights into the nature of that world.

This volume acknowledges and celebrates the contributions of Dr.

Plio-Pleistocene sites are a rare occurrence in same sites.

Ostracods, small aquatic Crustacea, occur in almost every marine, brackish and freshwater habitat.

Biogeography considers the distribution of biological units over a wide range of scales.

Cephalopods are diverse, highly developed molluscs capable of swimming and jet propulsion.

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A top priority in climate research is obtaining broad-extent and long-term data to support analyses of historical patterns and trends, and for model development and evaluation.

Recent years have witnessed exciting and important scientific breakthroughs in the study of Neanderthals and their place in human evolution which have transformed our appreciation of this group's paleobiology and evolution.

The Neoproterozoic Era (1000-542 million years ago) is a geological period of dramatic climatic change and important evolutionary innovations.

Paleopalynology, second edition, provides profusely illustrated treatment of fossil palynomorphs, including spores, pollen, dinoflagellate cysts, acritarchs, chitinozoans, scolecodonts, and various microscopic fungal and algal dispersal bodies.

During the last few years, the number of contributions to the Paleontology of Mexico has increased considerably.

Previous volumes in this 'Developments in Paleoenvironmental Research' (DPER) series have focussed on providing in-depth descriptions of palaeoenvironmental techniques or have described the applications of these approaches on various regional bases.

The plant fossil record provides evidence that the genus Metasequoia was widely distributed and experienced a wide range of climatic and environmental conditions throughout the Northern Hemisphere from the early Late Cretaceous to the Plio-Pleistocene.

Few, if any, fundamental disciplines in the earth sciences have seen so many dramatic changes and developments as stratigraphy.

This volume is intended to show how stable isotopes can be applied to understanding the palaeoenvironment.

Glaciers provide an unparalleled tool for studying global environmental change.

Concerns about the effects of global climate change have focused attention on the vulnerability of circumpolar regions.

This book provides a major synthesis of evidence for past climate variability at the regional and continental scale across Europe and Africa.

Unraveling the mystery of the catastrophic age of extinctionsTwo hundred sixty million years ago, life on Earth suffered wave after wave of cataclysmic extinctions, with the worst wiping out nearly every species on the planet.

Australopithecines, dinosaurs, trilobites--such fossils conjure up images of lost worlds filled with vanished organisms.

Sixty-five million years ago, a comet or asteroid larger than Mount Everest slammed into the Earth, inducing an explosion equivalent to the detonation of a hundred million hydrogen bombs.

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Showcases the work of twenty leading paleoartists who expertly bring these extinct animals to life in exquisite detail.

Showcases the work of twenty leading paleoartists who expertly bring these extinct animals to life in exquisite detail.

Anthony Fiorillo has been exploring the Arctic since 1998.

Anthony Fiorillo has been exploring the Arctic since 1998.

During the Neogene - covering the last 23 Million years - the evolution of the environmental setting in Africa was subject to considerable changes.