Palaeontology

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Precambrian Geotectonics in the Himalaya provides a deep overview on geology and tectonics of the Precambrian domains of the Himalaya.

This book focuses on the evolution of sedimentary basins of the Arabian Plate and its surroundings.

Plant-centred issues are fundamental in the definitions and explanations of the Neolithic as a phenomenon.

This book will cover the entire evolutionary history that the terrestrial plants have recorded in Brazilian sedimentary rocks, ranging from the first vestiges of terrestrial environments colonization about 400 million years ago, until reaching the eve of the present time, when the current vegetation formations were organizing to reach their current distribution, diversity and structure in modern biomes.

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

Read the fascinating story of one of the greatest unsung figures of the nature conservation movement, founder of the RSPB and icon of early animal rights activism, Etta Lemon.

Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record.

This book includes a collection of papers, dedicated to Tjalling Waterbolk, on various topics, including palaeobotanical and archaeological research, prehistoric settlement in the province of Drenthe and the coastal areas of Groningen and Friesland, and radiocarbon dating of archaeological samples.

This book summarizes the evolution of carnivorous mammals in the Cenozoic of South America.

This book is the result of ten years' of scientific research carried out by the authors on Isla de los Estados.

Bill Bryson meets John Vaillant in this life list quest to see the rarest species in North America.

This book helps a novice to explore the terrain independently.

The permutation of basic atoms-nitrogen, hydrogen, oxygen, carbon and  phosphorus-into the biomolecules DNA and RNA, subsequently evolved in cells and brains, defining the origin of life and intelligence, remains unexplained.

East Anglia has long been known for its internationally significant cultural and environmental Palaeolithic archaeology, often overshadowing the potential of its Holocene resource.

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

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.

Ceri's humorous but meaningful message accompanied by Ralph's sensational paintings will satisfy art-lovers and conservationists alike.

« Vu d’Occident, l’Autre a deux visages : le Sauvage – l’Autre dans l’espace – et le Préhistorique – l’Autre dans le temps.

The microscopic examination of fossilized bone tissue is a sophisticated and increasingly important analytical tool for understanding the life history of ancient organisms.

Dynamic naturalist Michael Blencowe has travelled the globe to uncover the fascinating backstories of eleven extinct animals, which he shares with charm and insight inGone.

Marine biogeography, the study of the spatial distribution of organisms in the world's oceans, is one of the most fascinating branches of oceanography.

Loveable or loathed?

Two discoveries of early human relatives, one in 1924 and one in 2003, radically changed scientific thinking about our origins.

Echinoid taphonomy biases are analyzed and contextualized with new studies and fossil taxa to aid further evolutionary and ecological study.

It is widely acknowledged that life has adapted to its environment, but the precise mechanism remains unknown since Natural Selection, Descent with Modification and Survival of the Fittest are metaphors that cannot be scientifically tested.

An insightful exploration of the iconic Galapagos tortoises, and how their fate is inextricably linked to our own in a rapidly changing world.

This book introduces the reader to the unique geology of Greece.

This volume provides an overview and tour (with many interesting stops along the way) of Devonian and Ordovician intraplate magmatism and associated sedimentary rocks and tectonics in the regions of Kuznetsk Alatau, Minusinsk Basin and Khakassia in western Siberia.

A concise environmental history of the near-extinction of the bison from the mid-eighteenth century to the present.

Today there are 20 million species on our planet.

This book will help readers learn the basic skills needed to study microfossils especially those without a formal background in paleontology.

This book provides essential information on 12 cockroach assemblages with more than a thousand specimens analyzed and investigates the Jurassic site in Bakhar, Mongolia, as one of the most diverse fossil insect sites worldwide.

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

Yves Coppens a pris la suite, au Collège de France, de l’abbé Breuil, de Teilhard de Chardin, de Leroy-Gourhan, les grands maîtres français de la préhistoire : « J’ai eu la chance de vivre, de bout en bout, une des aventures les plus exaltantes qu’aient connues les sciences de l’évolution depuis leur origine.

The Mascarene islands in the southern Indian Ocean - Mauritius, R union and Rodrigues - were once home to an extraordinary range of birds and reptiles.

A comprehensive compilation of important mammalian groups of the Santa Cruz Formation fossils, for academic researchers and graduate students.

Mexico is a biodiverse country.

It used to be: If you see a coyote, shoot it.

What would alien visitors in the far future, piecing together the history of earth, find of our brief reign?

The book reviews and summarizes the Indian Mesozoic geological evolution in an innovative alternative perspective of sequence stratigraphy.

This book takes a non-technical approach in covering the evolution of South American mammalian fauna throughout geological history, and discusses how South America has changed due to mammalian invasions.

This second, completely revised edition of "e;Paleogene fossil birds"e; gives a comprehensive, updated overview of the avian fossil record from a geological period that lasted from the end-Cretaceous mass extinction event (66 million years ago) to the end of the Oligocene epoch (23 mya).

Although consensus exists among researchers that birds evolved from coelurosaurian theropods, paleontologists still debate the identification of the group of coelurosaurians that most closely approaches the common ancestor of birds.

Studying the stereom microstructure of extinct echinoderms can provide us with important paleobiological and paleoecological information.

This book provides a groundbreaking exploration of satellite remote sensing's role in tracking the mobility and spread of COVID-19, focusing on its origin in Wuhan City.