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Life's Solutionby Simon Conway Morris
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 24.00The eminent evolutionary palaeobiologist Simon Conway Morris challenges the accepted view that if the tape of life were wound back, the replay would be very different. He also asks: are we alone? more...
Fossils at a Glanceby Clare Milsom; Sue Rigby
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2009; US$ 47.95Fossils provide a powerful tool for the study of the nearly 4-billion-year history of life, and its role in the evolution of Earth systems. They also provide important data for evolutionary studies, and contribute to our understanding of the extinction of organisms and the origins of modern biodiversity. Fossils At A Glance is written for students taking an introductory level course in paleontology. Short chapters introduce the main topics in the modern study of fossils. The most important fossil groups are discussed, from microfossils through invertebrates to vertebrates and plants, followed by a brief narrative of life on Earth. Diagrams are central to the book and allow the reader to see most of the important data “at a glance”.... more...
Biostratigraphyby Brian McGowran
Cambridge University Press 2005; US$ 54.00Essential reading for advanced students and researchers working in basin analysis, sequence stratigraphy, palaeoceanography, palaeobiology and related fields. more...
Origins of Human Behaviourby Robert Foley
Routledge 1990; US$ 148.00This volume explores the diverse ways in which the evolution of human behaviour can be investigated, and confronts the most challenging aspects of the subject. more...
Archaeology of Human Bonesby Simon Mays
Routledge 1998; US$ 49.95The aim of this book is to provide an introduction to what can be learnt from the scientific study of human skeletal remains from archaeological sites. more...
Drawing Out Leviathanby Keith M. Parsons
Indiana University Press 2001; US$ 15.95"... are dinosaurs social constructs? Do we really know anything about dinosaurs? Might not all of our beliefs about dinosaurs merely be figments of the paleontological imagination? A few years ago such questions would have seemed preposterous, even nonsensical. Now they must have a serious answer." At stake in the "Science Wars" that have raged in academe and in the media is nothing less than the standing of science in our culture. One side argues that science is a "social construct," that it does not discover facts about the world, but rather constructs artifacts disguised as objective truths. This view threatens... more...
Brachiopods Past and Presentby L Robin M Cocks; Sarah L Long
CRC Press 2001; US$ 139.95Research interest in fossil and living braciopods has generated, as yet, unanswered questions about these marine invertebrates. Zoologists and palaeontologists discuss these questions by using, and contrasting with, pre-existing knowledge. more...
The Lost Dinosaurs of Egyptby William Nothdurft; Josh Smith
Random House Publishing Group 2002; US$ 11.99The date is January 11, 1911 . A young German paleontologist, accompanied only by a guide, a cook, four camels, and a couple of camel drivers, reaches the lip of the vast Bahariya Depression after a long trek across the bleak plateau of the western desert of Egypt. The scientist, Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach, hopes to find fossil evidence of early mammals. In this, he will be disappointed, for the rocks here will prove to be much older than he thinks. They are nearly a hundred million years old. Stromer is about to learn that he has walked into the age of the dinosaurs. At the bottom of the Bahariya Depression, Stromer will find the remains of four immense and entirely new dinosaurs, along with dozens of other unique specimens.... more...
The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang, Chinaby Xian-guang Hou; Richard Aldridge; Jan Bergstrom; David J. Siveter; Derek Siveter; Xiang-Hong Feng
John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. 2008; US$ 159.95The Chengjiang biota is one of the most remarkable fossil discoveries ever made. The Cambrian Fossils of Chengjiang is the first book in English to provide fossil enthusiasts with an overview of the fauna. 100 superb full color plates. First English language illustrated guide to this important fauna. A must-have for all palaeontologists worldwide. To see a collection of images from the book, click on the following link: http://www.blackwellpublishing.com/chengjiang more...
Hominoid Evolution and Climatic Change in Europe: Volume 1, The Evolution of Neogene Terrestrial Ecosystems in Europeby Jorge Agustí; Lorenzo Rook; Peter Andrews
Cambridge University Press 1999; US$ 141.00Major changes have occurred in the climate of Europe and the Mediterranean in the past 20 million years. This unique books looks at this climatic history in relation to hominoid evolution, and provides a coherent image of climate change during this period for anyone interested in human evolution. more...









