Palaeontology

This Element is a call to action for broadening participation through improved classroom approaches.

Introduces different types of active learning approaches and explains how to apply them to introductory paleontology classes for non-majors.

Discusses the theory behind kinesthetic learning and how it fits into a student-centered, active-learning paleontology classroom.

Reviews the history of triple isotope effects and the major recent developments in triple oxygen isotope research.

Proclaims the enjoyment of teaching, studying and learning outdoors via the inspirational stories of some remarkable people.

Fully updated and beautifully illustrated, this leading textbook teaches science and non-science majors to think like a scientist.

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

Provides an overview of the research on student-centered pedagogy in paleontology courses and gives examples of instructional approaches.

Proclaims the enjoyment of teaching, studying and learning outdoors via the inspirational stories of some remarkable people.

Outlines best practices in incorporating experiential learning for paleontology courses.

Offers a practical guide for the non-specialist on studying and learning from plant fossils to understand the evolution of vegetation on Earth.

Covers the background, methods, and case studies of uranium isotopes (238U/235U), a tool for understanding Earth''s environmental transitions.

Outlines the use of Macrostrat and Rockd, and provides examples of how to integrate them into a variety of courses.

A philosophical examination of the deep past, and how paleontologists, archaeologists and geologists tell its story.

Covers the background, methods, and case studies of uranium isotopes (238U/235U), a tool for understanding Earth''s environmental transitions.

A philosophical examination of the deep past, and how paleontologists, archaeologists and geologists tell its story.

Reviews the history of triple isotope effects and the major recent developments in triple oxygen isotope research.

Offers a practical guide for the non-specialist on studying and learning from plant fossils to understand the evolution of vegetation on Earth.

The Neotoma Paleoecology Database provides support to educators from primary schools to graduate students.

Outlines methods for lecturers to elicit and challenge prior conceptions in paleontology to improve student learning.

Demonstrates the use of the Paleobiology Database in undergraduate courses.

Explains how to use students passion for dinosaurs to trigger interest in science and develop critical thinking skills.

A comprehensive reference on the taxonomy and distribution in time and space of all currently recognized southern African fossil mammals.

Argues that knowledge of something''s history makes a difference to how we engage with it aesthetically.

Argues that knowledge of something''s history makes a difference to how we engage with it aesthetically.

A comprehensive reference on the taxonomy and distribution in time and space of all currently recognized southern African fossil mammals.

Leading researchers present current methodological approaches and future directions for a less anthropocentric study of animal cognition.

Leading researchers present current methodological approaches and future directions for a less anthropocentric study of animal cognition.

An introduction to chimpanzee behavior and conservation, synthesizing findings from long-term field studies in the African rainforest belt.

An introduction to chimpanzee behavior and conservation, synthesizing findings from long-term field studies in the African rainforest belt.

A valuable guide to scoring crown and root traits in human dentitions for ancestry estimation and biodistance analysis.

A valuable guide to scoring crown and root traits in human dentitions for ancestry estimation and biodistance analysis.

Top researchers in the field introduce interdisciplinary perspectives on senescence, presenting new insights and cutting-edge research.

Top researchers in the field introduce interdisciplinary perspectives on senescence, presenting new insights and cutting-edge research.

This study, first published in 2000, examines the cultural and ecological causes of the near-extinction of the bison.

This study, first published in 2000, examines the cultural and ecological causes of the near-extinction of the bison.

A one-stop practical guide to foraminifera with numerous case studies demonstrating their applications, for graduate students, micropalaeontologists and industry professionals.

A one-stop practical guide to foraminifera with numerous case studies demonstrating their applications, for graduate students, micropalaeontologists and industry professionals.

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

The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America''s least-known, and most endangered, primates.

The first detailed collation of the evolution, ecology and conservation of some of South America''s least-known, and most endangered, primates.

A summary of thirty years of Siberian research, presenting evidence from the fossilised remains of herbivorous animals.