Palaeontology

Mass extinctions, the fossil record, and whether we can avoid a disastrous human-made mass extinction event.

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.

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.

These proceedings contain selected papers from the Special Symposium, organised by the Argentine Association of Geomorphology and Quaternary Studies in October 2017.

Stratigraphic Micropaleontology of Atlantic Basin and Borderlands

Tectonic plates are constantly moving, either crashing into one another creating a mosaic of mountains and shallow seas, or tearing apart and isolating large swathes of land.

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

The Equatorial Rain Forest: A Geological History presents the equatorial vegetation as a dynamic entity with varied and highly significant history.

Anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions do not only warm our planet but also acidify our oceans.

Originally published in 1987 Rates of Evolution is an edited collection drawn from a symposium convened to bring together palaeontologists, geneticists, molecular biologists and developmental biologists to examine some aspects of the problem of evolutionary rates.

An authoritative study of extinction in birds, with case studies of 20 critically endangered species and the research initiatives designed to save them.

Glaciers provide an unparalleled tool for studying global environmental change.

This book offers many examples of calcareous microfossils and describes a new microfaunistic record in Argentina.

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

Eagles are awe-inspiring birds that have influenced much human endeavour.

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.

In the grand sweep of evolution, the origin of radically new kinds of organisms in the fossil record is the result of a relatively simple process: natural selection marching through the ages.

Loss of biodiversity is among the greatest problems facing the world today.

This book highlights the knowledge about landscapes and characteristics of the earliest hunter-gatherer lifeway in Southern Patagonia.

Presents case studies from across the geosciences to provide a fascinating and accessible introduction to this emerging field.

Relying on the latest analytical techniques, this all-embracing new reference offers comprehensive coverage of the development, evolution, and morphology of both fossil and living cephalopods.

Humans are the only mammals to walk on two, rather than four, legs.

In this remarkable interdisciplinary study, anthropologist Brian Noble traces how dinosaurs and their natural worlds are articulated into being by the action of specimens and humans together.

Extinction of species has alarmingly increased in recent decades due to anthropogenic activities, natural calamities and climate change.

Meet the rare, obscure and utterly British species found nowhere else on earth.

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

What is the Turin Shroud?

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

In the latest addition to the New Naturalist series, Ian Newton explores bird populations and what causes their fluctuation - food supplies, competitors, predators, parasites, pathogens and human activity.

Cuvier reconstituait un squelette à partir d’une dent.

The story of Passenger Pigeon, and what we can learn from its demise 100 years ago.

Women are contributing to disciplines once the sole domain of men.

Echinoderms are an ancient and diverse group of marine animals with a rich fossil record.

Over eighty contributions from leading researchers review 2.

Antelopes constitute a fundamental part of ecosystems throughout Africa and Asia where they act as habitat architects, dispersers of seeds, and prey for large carnivores.

This Element summarizes decades of research concerning the respiratory structures of Paleozoic blastozoan echinoderms.

Globally, there are at least 45 species of game bird that have the word partridge in their name, but in this book G.

The celebrated lower Cambrian Chengjiang biota of Yunnan Province, China, represents one of the most significant ever paleontological discoveries.

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.

Virtual palaeontology, the use of interactive three-dimensional digital models as a supplement or alternative to physical specimens for scientific study and communication, is rapidly becoming important to advanced students and researchers.

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

This illustrated survey of finch behaviour is a thorough, non-technical account of the habits of these birds throughout the world.

"e;Close-up views of endangered fauna in their natural habitats are difficult enough to obtain, but the breathtaking artistic quality of the photography in this valuable documentation of Asia's disappearing forest habitats makes this book highly recommended for both scientists and nature lovers alike.

Originally published in 1983, The Earth Sciences: An Annotated Bibliography is a compact and thematically organized guide that provides comprehensive access to themes and areas of study in the earth sciences.

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

This book helps a novice to explore the terrain independently.

Extinction of quagga zebras left behind historical records, art, literature, and DNA whose information led to their rebreeding.

Originally published in 1995 this is the fifth volume in the series Creationism in 20th Century America.