Palaeontology

Summary of recent Paleolithic excavations at Fontéchevade, France, and their archaeological and paleontological implications.

Showcases current advances in our understanding of the evolution of the mammalian order Carnivora.

Summary of recent Paleolithic excavations at Fontéchevade, France, and their archaeological and paleontological implications.

Based on modern clinical knowledge Palaeopathology is designed to help bone specialists with diagnosis of diseases in skeletal assemblages.

The second volume of a reference on mammalian diversity in North America for paleontologists and zoologists.

A study of the fate of plants during the ''great extinction'' 65 million years ago.

The first book of its kind in two decades, illustrating how the remains of animals are studied and analyzed.

A beautifully illustrated 2007 volume describing the unique fossils of the Crato Formation of Brazil.

A researcher and graduate student reference on benthic foraminifera and climate in Earth and Environmental Sciences, first published in 2006.

In this book, Derek Turner relates the scientific realism debate to the study of prehistory.

Topical review of the role of extinction in evolution for students and researchers.

Beautifully illustrated complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships and 400 million years of fossils.

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

Marcello Barbieri presents new theories on the origins of life, and embryonic development.

Reconstructs European and Mediterranean climate over the last 20 million years in relation to human evolution.

Monograph on magnetic measurements in the environmental geosciences aimed at researchers, graduates and advanced undergraduates.

The Development of Animal Form integrates traditional morphological and contemporary molecular genetic approaches to evolutionary developmental biology or ''evo-devo''.

Investigates the reaction of life to global environmental change, for researchers and graduate students.

An expanded and updated second edition comprehensively looks at macroevolution, integrating evolutionary processes at all levels to explain animal diversity.

"e;Highly recommended to all scientists and non-scientists interested in paleontology and the West.

The Chengjiang biota is one of the most remarkable fossil discoveries ever made.

The current high demand for fish and increased awareness of the role of the environment in supporting human well being has led to a situation where attitudes to inland water resources are changing rapidly.

Reading the Soil Archives: Unraveling the Geoecological Code of Palaeosols and Sediment Cores, Volume 19, provides details of new techniques for understanding geological history in the form of quantitative pollen analyses, soil micromorphology, OSL (Optically Stimulated Luminescence) dating, phytolith analysis and biomarker analysis.

Ostracod crustaceans, common microfossils in marine and freshwater sedimentary records, supply evidence of past climatic conditions via indicator species, transfer function and mutual climatic range approaches as well as the trace element and stable isotope geochemistry of their shells.

The Ancient Human Occupation of Britain Project (AHOB) funded by the Leverhulme Trust began in 2001 and brought together researchers from a range of disciplines with the aim of investigating the record of human presence in Britain from the earliest occupation until the end of the last Ice Age, about 12,000 years ago.

This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs.

This textbook introduces research on dinosaurs by describing the science behind how we know what we know about dinosaurs.

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species, published in 2014, was the first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 and 2012.

Snakes of the World: A Catalogue of Living and Extinct Species, published in 2014, was the first catalogue of its kind and covered all living and fossil snakes described between 1758 and 2012.

This book argues that organisms and their interactions create and maximize biodiversity.

This book argues that organisms and their interactions create and maximize biodiversity.

When Darwin wrote his Origin of Species, one of his main concerns was with the perceived shortness of the fossil record of life.

When Darwin wrote his Origin of Species, one of his main concerns was with the perceived shortness of the fossil record of life.

This illustrated introduction to Central American Chironomidae offers extensive photographic material, as well as detailed morphological and ecological descriptions of chironomid subfossils found in Central American lake sediments.

Originally published in 1899, The History of Creation was the first book of its kind to apply a doctrine to the whole range of organic morphology and make use of the effect Darwin had on biological sciences during the 19th century.

Originally published in 1899, The History of Creation was the first book of its kind to apply a doctrine to the whole range of organic morphology and make use of the effect Darwin had on biological sciences during the 19th century.

Originally published in 1899, The History of Creation was the first book of its kind to apply a doctrine to the whole range of organic morphology and make use of the effect Darwin had on biological sciences during the 19th century.

This illustrated introduction to Central American Chironomidae offers extensive photographic material, as well as detailed morphological and ecological descriptions of chironomid subfossils found in Central American lake sediments.

Originally published in 1899, The History of Creation was the first book of its kind to apply a doctrine to the whole range of organic morphology and make use of the effect Darwin had on biological sciences during the 19th century.

Why are humans so fond of water?

Why are humans so fond of water?

This detailed exposition gives background and context to how modern biogeography has got to where it is now.

This detailed exposition gives background and context to how modern biogeography has got to where it is now.

Published in 1913: The object of the present work is to throw some light on the theory of Descent.

Published in 1913: The object of the present work is to throw some light on the theory of Descent.

Originally published in 1971, Animals in Art and Thought discusses the ways in which animals have been used by man in art and literature.

Originally published in 1971, Animals in Art and Thought discusses the ways in which animals have been used by man in art and literature.

As the study of Palaeolithic technologies moves towards a more analytical approach, it is necessary to determine a consistent procedural framework.

Biogeography is a vital component in many aspects of Primatology, including studies of evolution, speciation systematics, population genetics, and community ecology.