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  • Experimental Approaches to Understanding Fossil Organisms

    Lessons from the Living

    Edited by Daniel I. Hembree, Brian F. Platt, Jon J. Smith ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Paleontologists and geologists struggle with research questions often complicated by the loss or even absence of key paleobiological and paleoenvironmental information. Insight into this missing data can be gained through direct exploration of analogous living organisms and modern environments. Creative, experimental and interdisciplinary treatments of such ancient-Earth analogs form the basis of ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

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  • Abominable Science!

    Origins of the Yeti, Nessie, and Other Famous Cryptids

    by Daniel Loxton, Donald R. Prothero ...
    "A sharp analysis of the quest for unreal critters―cryptids, as they are called―and the people who pursue them . . . entertaining and thoroughly documented." — The Wall Street JournalThroughout our history, humans have been captivated by mythic beasts and legendary creatures. Tales of Bigfoot, the Yeti, and the Loch Ness monster are part of our collective experience. Now comes a book from two ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Trilobite Book

    A Visual Journey

    by Riccardo Levi-Setti ...
    A scientist recounts his global adventure documenting trilobite fossils in this full-color book perfect for armchair paleontologists.Distant relatives of modern lobsters, horseshoe crabs, and spiders, trilobites swam the planet's prehistoric seas for 300 million years, from the Lower Cambrian to the end of the Permian eras—and they did so very capably. Trilobite fossils have been unearthed on ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Fossils

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Keith Thomson ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    Fossils have been vital to our understanding of the formation of the earth and the origins of all life on it. However, their impact has not been limited to debates about geology and evolution: attempts to explain their existence has shaken religion at its very roots, and they have remained a subject of ceaseless fascination for people of all ages and backgrounds. In this delightful book, Keith ... Read more

    $7.99 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

  • Fundamentals of Invertebrate Palaeontology

    Macrofossils

    by Sreepat Jain ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides practical morphological information, together with detailed illustrations and concise texts explaining each entry. The book details the morphological characters of each organism, providing fundamental information for palaeontologists and palaeobiologists alike. Each chapter starts with a brief introduction and goes on to describe the organism’s morphology in detail, followed by ... Read more

    $161.99 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

  • Planktic Foraminifers in the Modern Ocean

    by Ralf Schiebel, Christoph Hemleben ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides a comprehensive overview of the taxonomy, biology, sedimentation, and carbonate geochemistry of modern species. Students, early career and advanced scientists alike will profit from a broad synthesis of the current understanding of planktic foraminifers as an ecological indicator, biogeochemical factories, and proxies in paleoceanography. The classification of modern species is ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Fossil Horses of South America

    Phylogeny, Systemics and Ecology

    by María Teresa Alberdi, José Luis Prado ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This book provides an update on the phylogeny, systematics and ecology of horses in South America based on data provided over the past three decades. The contemporary South American mammalian communities were shaped by the emergence of the Isthmus of Panama and by the profound climatic oscillations during the Pleistocene. Horses were a conspicuous group of immigrant mammals from North America that ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Morphometrics

    Applications in Biology and Paleontology

    Edited by Ashraf M.T. Elewa ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    Morphometrics is one of the most dynamic and popular fields on the contemporary biological scene. Focusing, as it does, on the quantitative characterization and analysis of morphological data, students increasingly see morphometrics as a necessary complement to molecular studies in their quests to understand the origin and maintenance of biodiversity. Moreover, morphometrics has recently been ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China: Geology and Fossil Mammals

    Volume II: Small Mammal Fossils of Yushe Basin

    Edited by Lawrence J. Flynn, Wen-Yu Wu ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This volume focuses on small mammal fossils from extinct Asian faunas of about 1 to 7 million years ago in North China. These played a role in the emergence of vertebrate paleontology as a modern science in that country. This second volume of the sub-series Late Cenozoic Yushe Basin, Shanxi Province, China: Geology and Fossil Mammals in the Vertebrate Paleobiology and Paleoanthropology book series ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Dinosaurs, Birds, and Pterosaurs of Korea

    A Paradise of Mesozoic Vertebrates

    by Jeong Yul Kim, Min Huh ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This is the first academic book about the dinosaurs, birds and pterosaurs of Korea, one of the richest and most exciting regions on earth for the study of vertebrate ichnology. Many ichnogenera appear indigenous to Korea, and based on present evidence there is nowhere else in the world where such densities and diversity of vertebrate tracks have been reported. Many sites also reveal the highest ... Read more

    $107.09 USD