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  • Horned Armadillos and Rafting Monkeys

    The Fascinating Fossil Mammals of South America

    Series series Life of the Past
    A thrilling guide to the Cenozoic mammals of South America, featuring seventy-five life reconstructions of extinct species, plus photos of specimens and sites.South America is home to some of the most distinctive mammals on Earth—giant armadillos, tiny anteaters, the world's largest rodent, and its smallest deer. But the continent once supported a variety of other equally intriguing mammals that ... Read more

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  • Methods in Paleoecology

    Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities

    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume focuses on the reconstruction of past ecosystems and provides a comprehensive review of current techniques and their application in exemplar studies. The 18 chapters address a wide variety of topics that span vertebrate paleobiology and paleoecology (body mass, postcranial functional morphology, evolutionary dental morphology, microwear and mesowear, ecomorphology, mammal community ... Read more

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    Twenty-first Century Visions of Prehistory

    A paleontologist shows what life was like on our planet long before the early humans emerged through words and illustrations.Paleontologist Dr. Mark P. Witton draws on the latest twenty-first century discoveries to re-create the appearances and lifestyles of extinct, fascinating species, the environments they inhabited, and the challenges they faced living on an ever-changing planet. A worthy ... Read more

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  • Dinosaurs of Darkness

    "A valuable volume detailing an underexplored region of the world of dinosaurs . . . essential reading for any dino-devotee." — ForeWordDinosaurs of Darkness opens a doorway to a fascinating former world, between 100 million and 120 million years ago, when Australia was far south of its present location and joined to Antarctica. Dinosaurs lived in this polar region.How were the polar dinosaurs ... Read more

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  • In Pursuit of Early Mammals

    Series series Life of the Past
    "Mesozoic mammal fossils are the focus of this fascinating book, which reviews both the fossils themselves and the history of their discovery." —ChoiceIn Pursuit of Early Mammals presents the history of the mammals that lived during the Mesozoic era, the time when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, and describes their origins, anatomy, systematics, paleobiology, and distribution. It also tells the story ... Read more

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  • Weird Dinosaurs

    The Strange New Fossils Challenging Everything We Thought We Knew

    by John Pickrell ...
    "A tour de force…highlights the odd reptiles that roamed all corners of the earth millions of years ago."— Sydney Morning HeraldFrom the outback of Australia to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia and the savanna of Madagascar, the award-winning science writer and dinosaur enthusiast John Pickrell embarks on a world tour of new finds, meeting the fossil hunters who work at the frontier of discovery. He ... Read more

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  • Genome

    The Story of the Most Astonishing Scientific Adventure of Our Time—the Attempt to Map All the Genes in the Human Body

    An "invaluable [and] highly readable" account of the quest to map our DNA, the blueprint for life—and what it means for our future ( The Philadelphia Inquirer).Genome tells the story of the most ambitious scientific adventure of our time. By gradually isolating and identifying all the genes in the human body—the blueprint for life—scientists are closing in on the ability to effectively treat and ... Read more

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  • Inventing English

    A Portable History of the Language

    by Seth Lerer ...
    A history of English from the age of Beowulf to the rap of Eminem, "written with real authority, enthusiasm and love for our unruly and exquisite language" ( The Washington Post).Many have written about the evolution of grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary, but only Seth Lerer situates these developments within the larger history of English, America, and literature. This edition of his ... Read more

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  • The Great Fossil Enigma

    The Search for the Conodont Animal

    Series series Life of the Past
    A fascinating, comprehensive, accessible account of conodont fossils—one of paleontology's greatest mysteries: "Deserves to be widely read and enjoyed" ( Priscum).Stephen Jay Gould borrowed from Winston Churchill when he described the eel-like conodont animal as a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma. The search for its identity confounded scientists for more than a century. Some thought ... Read more

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  • A Sea without Fish

    Life in the Ordovician Sea of the Cincinnati Region

    Series series Life of the Past
    A "superbly written, richly illustrated" guide to the animals who lived 450 million years ago—in the fossil-rich area where Cincinnati, Ohio now stands ( Rocks & Minerals).The region around Cincinnati, Ohio, is known throughout the world for the abundant and beautiful fossils found in limestones and shales that were deposited as sediments on the sea floor during the Ordovician Period, about 450 ... Read more

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  • The Plausibility of Life

    Resolving Darwin's Dilemma

    Two biologists tackle the unresolved question in the field of evolution: how have living organisms on Earth developed with such variety and complexity?In the 150 years since Darwin, the field of evolutionary biology has left a glaring gap in understanding how animals developed their astounding variety and complexity. The standard answer has been that small genetic mutations accumulate over time to ... Read more

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  • After the Dinosaurs

    The Age of Mammals

    A fascinating study of the thousands of new animal species that walked in the footsteps of the dinosaurs—and the climate changes that brought them forth.The fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago (except for their feathered descendants). In their place evolved an enormous variety of land creatures, especially mammals, which in their way were every ... Read more

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