Boeken Paleontoloog

Extinction and Radiation - How the Fall of Dinosaurs Led to the Rise of the Mammals

Piecing together evidence from both molecular biology and the fossil record, Archibald shows how science is edging closer to understanding exactly what happened during the mass extinctions near the K/T boundary and the radiation that followed.

At the Top of the Grand Staircase

A major stepping stone toward a synthesis of the ecology and evolution of the Late Cretaceous ecosystems of western North America

Old Bones & Serpent Stones

Fossils, and the life of the past that they represent, are themes of great interest to the general public. This book identifies and describes essentially all publicly accessible, interpreted plant and animal fossil localities in the western half of Canada and the United States -- from Manitoba to Texas and westward. These are educationally oriented …

The Black Sea Flood Question

This book brings together eastern and western scholarship on a controversial subject: a catastrophic inundation of the Pontic basin which might have inspired the biblical story of Noah’s flood. Stimulated by "Noah’s Flood Hypothesis" proposed by W. Ryan and W. Pitman in which a catastrophic inundation of the Pontic basin was linked to the biblical …

Animals and People

Mammoths

The colorful tale of the long-extinct mammoth is an international one, involving archaeological and geological excavation and the exploratory research of biologists, anthropologists, and art historians. Now, for the first time, their findings are collected in one volume. 200 full-color illustrations.

Primate Origins

This book provides a novel focus on adaptive explanations for cranial and postcranial features and functional complexes, socioecological systems, life history patterns, etc. In addition to the strictly paleontological or systemic questions regarding Primate Origins, the editors concentrate on the adaptive significance of primate characteristics. This book updates, summarizes and synthesizes past and current research …

Catalogue Of The Fossil Fishes In The British Museum (natural History)

Quaternary Landscapes

Six papers from a May 1988 international symposium at the U. of Minnesota synthesize the recent research on the last million years of the earth. The topics include the beginning of food production, climate cycles, peat growth paleoecology, and paleolimnology. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Por

Paleoclimatology 3E

Paleoclimatology: Reconstructing Climates of the Quaternary, Third Edition-winner of a 2015 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty) from The Text and Academic Authors Association-provides a thorough overview of the methods of paleoclimatic reconstruction and of the historical changes in climate during the past three million years. This thoroughly updated and revised edition systematically examines each type of …