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  • Avian Ancestors

    A Review of the Phylogenetic Relationships of the Theropods Unenlagiidae, Microraptoria, Anchiornis and Scansoriopterygidae

    by Federico Agnolin, Fernando E. Novas ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    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. The last 20 years witnessed the discovery of a wide array of avian-like theropods that has considerably amplified the anatomical disparity among deinonychosaurians, ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

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  • Bones of Contention: Inside the Struggle to Unearth the Great Rocky Mountain Dinosaur Discovery

    by Leslie Anthony ...
    In 2007, a massive, concentrated deposit of dinosaur fossils, some of theoldest ever found, were discovered in the mountain ridges of northernBritish Columbia, near an old coal mining town. The site contained thelargest number of tyrannosaur teeth ever found with another species, anunfortunate lambeousaur who¹d been scavenged by a pack of hyena-likejuvenile predators millions of years ago. The ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • The Invaders

    How Humans and Their Dogs Drove Neanderthals to Extinction

    by Pat Shipman ...
    A Times Higher Education Book of the WeekApproximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe—descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals suddenly vanished. Ever since the first ... Read more

    $16.59 USD

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  • Play, Playfulness, Creativity and Innovation

    by Patrick Bateson, Paul Martin ...
    What role does playful behaviour and playful thought take in animal and human development? How does play relate to creativity and, in turn, to innovation? Unravelling the different meanings of 'play', this book focuses on non-aggressive playful play. The authors emphasise its significance for development and evolution, before examining the importance of playfulness in creativity. This discussion ... Read more

    $39.39 USD

  • Host Manipulation by Parasites

    by Richard Dawkins ...
    Parasites that manipulate the behaviour of their hosts represent striking examples of adaptation by natural selection. This field of study is now moving beyond its descriptive phase and into more exciting areas where the processes and patterns of such dramatic adaptations can be better understood. This innovative text provides an up-to-date, authoritative, and challenging review of host ... Read more

    $71.99 USD

  • Evolution of the Insects

    by David Grimaldi, Michael S. Engel ...
    Series series Cambridge Evolution Series
    Insects are the most diverse group of organisms in the 3 billion-year history of life on Earth, and the most ecologically dominant animals on land. This book chronicles for the first time the complete evolutionary history of insects: their living diversity, relationships and 400 million years of fossils. Whereas other volumes have focused on either living species or fossils, this is the first ... Read more

    $91.89 USD

  • When the Invasion of Land Failed

    The Legacy of the Devonian Extinctions

    by George McGhee Jr. ...
    Series series The Critical Moments and Perspectives in Earth History and Paleobiology
    The invasion of land by ocean-dwelling plants and animals was one of the most revolutionary events in the evolution of life on Earth, yet the animal invasion almost failed—twice—because of the twin mass extinctions of the Late Devonian Epoch. Some 359 to 375 million years ago, these catastrophic events dealt our ancestors a blow that almost drove them back into the sea. If those extinctions had ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Revolutions that Made the Earth

    by Tim Lenton, Andrew Watson ...
    The Earth that sustains us today was born out of a few remarkable, near-catastrophic revolutions, started by biological innovations and marked by global environmental consequences. The revolutions have certain features in common, such as an increase in complexity, energy utilization, and information processing by life. This book describes these revolutions, showing the fundamental interdependence ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Stone Age Weaponry

    Edited by Radu Iovita, Katsuhiro Sano ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The objective of this volume is to showcase the contemporary state of research on recognizing and evaluating the performance of stone age weapons from a variety of viewpoints, including investigating their cognitive and evolutionary significance.New archaeological finds and experimental studies have helped to bring this subject back to the forefront of human origins research. In the last few years ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Paleontology and Geology of Laetoli: Human Evolution in Context

    Volume 2: Fossil Hominins and the Associated Fauna

    Edited by Terry Harrison ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume 2 and its companion volume 1 present the results of new investigations into the geology, paleontology and paleoecology of the early hominin site of Laetoli in northern Tanzania. The site is one of the most important paleontological and paleoanthropological sites in Africa, worldrenowned for the discovery of fossils of the early hominin Australopithecus afarensis, as well as remarkable ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Evolution of the House Mouse

    Edited by Miloš Macholán, Stuart J. E. Baird, Jaroslav Piálek, Pavel Munclinger ...
    Series Book 3 - Cambridge Studies in Morphology and Molecules: New Paradigms in Evolutionary Bio
    The house mouse is the source of almost all genetic variation in laboratory mice; its genome was sequenced alongside that of humans, and it has become the model for mammalian speciation. Featuring contributions from leaders in the field, this volume provides the evolutionary context necessary to interpret these patterns and processes in the age of genomics. The topics reviewed include mouse ... Read more

    $119.79 USD

  • Paleogene Fossil Birds

    by Gerald Mayr ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    In the present book the Paleogene fossil record of birds is detailed for the first time on a worldwide scale. I have developed the idea for such a project for several years, and think that it is an appropriate moment to present a summary of our c- rent knowledge of the early evolution of modern birds. Meanwhile not only is there a confusing diversity of fossil taxa, but also significant progress ... Read more

    $215.09 USD