Palaeontology

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.

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

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.

WINNER OF THE PEOPLE'S BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION AND LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION.

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.

In 2019 the most comprehensive survey ever of adders was published.

In 2019 the most comprehensive survey ever of adders was published.

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).

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).

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

Living Shorelines: The Science and Management of Nature-based Coastal Protection compiles, synthesizes and interprets the current state of the knowledge on the science and practice of nature-based shoreline protection.

Aeglidae focuses on these unique crustaceans who are endemic to South America.

Aeglidae focuses on these unique crustaceans who are endemic to South America.

The life, death and afterlife of one of the true icons of extinction, the Great AukThe great auk was a flightless, goose-sized bird superbly adapted for life at sea.

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in virtually all habitats.

Molluscs comprise the second largest phylum of animals (after arthropods), occurring in virtually all habitats.

This volume provides individual treatments of the major molluscan taxa.

This volume provides individual treatments of the major molluscan taxa.

The previously unpublished correspondence of T.

Outlines strategies for lecturers to implement a flipped classroom to provide students with opportunities for active learning.

This Element provides an introduction to the application of thallium isotopes, case studies, and future directions.

World-class palaeontologists and biologists summarise the state-of-the-art on fish evolution and development.

Over eighty contributions from leading researchers review 2.

Over eighty contributions from leading researchers review 2.

An overview of evolutionary rates, analyzing data from laboratory, field and fossil record studies to extract their underlying generation-to-generation rates.

An overview of evolutionary rates, analyzing data from laboratory, field and fossil record studies to extract their underlying generation-to-generation rates.

This book provides a complete Phanerozoic story of palaeogeography, using new and detailed full-colour maps, to link surface and deep-Earth processes.

This book provides a complete Phanerozoic story of palaeogeography, using new and detailed full-colour maps, to link surface and deep-Earth processes.

Presents the distinctive processes and characteristics of glaciovolcanic eruptions, with reference to terrestrial and Mars occurrences.

Presents the distinctive processes and characteristics of glaciovolcanic eruptions, with reference to terrestrial and Mars occurrences.

The long-awaited fourth edition of a classic text, now fully revised and updated for the molecular era.

The long-awaited fourth edition of a classic text, now fully revised and updated for the molecular era.

This book brings together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology to provide a new perspective on human evolution from the apes'' viewpoint.

This book brings together ecology, evolution, genetics, anatomy and geology to provide a new perspective on human evolution from the apes'' viewpoint.

A uniquely comprehensive examination of the ways in which mammals of diverse size and taxonomy are quantitatively similar and dissimilar.

A uniquely comprehensive examination of the ways in which mammals of diverse size and taxonomy are quantitatively similar and dissimilar.

A unique reconstruction of the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates and their key role in inferring evolutionary processes on earth.

A valuable resource for the latest research on rodents, highlighting links across palaeontology, developmental biology, functional morphology, phylogenetics and biomechanics.

A valuable resource for the latest research on rodents, highlighting links across palaeontology, developmental biology, functional morphology, phylogenetics and biomechanics.

A unique reconstruction of the paleobiology of fossil non-human primates and their key role in inferring evolutionary processes on earth.

This expanded, fully updated second edition of the leading textbook in pedology and soil geomorphology is invaluable for anyone studying soils, landforms and landscape change.

This expanded, fully updated second edition of the leading textbook in pedology and soil geomorphology is invaluable for anyone studying soils, landforms and landscape change.

This book explores the central importance of soil ingestion and earth surface processes in driving the evolution of tooth shape in mammals.