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Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds
The last few years have
witnessed an unparalleled
rate of discoveries of early
birds and their dinosaurian
predecessors. Written by a
recognised authority in the
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Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution
Mammals first evolved at
about the same time as
dinosaurs, and their story
is perhaps the more
fascinating of the two--in
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Catastrophes and Lesser Calamities: The Causes of Mass Extinctions
This is a book about the
dramatic periods in the
Earth's history called mass
extinctions - short periods
(by geological standards)
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Fossil Legends of the First Americans
The burnt-red badlands of
Montana's Hell Creek are a
vast graveyard of the
Cretaceous dinosaurs that
lived 68 million years ago.
Those hills were, much
later, also home to the
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Simon & Schuster'S Guide To Fossils (Nature Guide Series)
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The Complete World of Human Evolution
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Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils
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After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (Life of the Past)
Perhaps nudged over the evolutionary cliff by a giant boloid striking the earth, the incredible and fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago (except for ... > read more -
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
Over the past twenty years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, including fossils that mark the growth of whales, manatees, and seals from land mammals and the origins of ... > read more -
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Dawn of the Dinosaurs: Life in the Triassic (Life of the Past)
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What Evolution Is
Gathering insights from his seven-decade career, the renowned biologist Ernst Mayr argues that evolution is now to be considered not a theory but a fact--and that "there is not a single Why? question ... > read more -
Evolutionary Dynamics: Exploring the Equations of Life
At a time of unprecedented expansion in the life sciences, evolution is the one theory that transcends all of biology. Any observation of a living system must ultimately be interpreted in the ... > read more -
Invertebrate Palaeontology & Evolution
Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution is well established as the foremost palaeontology text at undergraduate level. This fully revised fourth edition includes a complete update of the sections on ... > read more
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