Boeken Paleontoloog

American Dinosaur Abroad

The Untold Story of Carnegie’s Prized Dinosaur and Its Influence on European Culture

Sea Dragons

In the days when dinosaurs dominated the earth, their marine counterparts every bit as big and ferocious reigned supreme in prehistoric seas. In this entrancing book, Richard Ellis, one of the world's foremost writers on the denizens of the deep, takes us back to the Mesozoic era to resurrect the fascinating lives of these giant …

ETERNAL FRONTIER, THE

In "The Eternal Frontier, " scientist and historian Flannery tells the story of the geological and biological evolution of the North American continent, from the time of the asteroid strike that ended the age of dinosaurs 65 million years ago, to the present day. Illustrations.

Our Cosmic Origins

The remarkable story of the emergence of life and intelligence through the complex evolutionary history of the Universe.

Dinosaur Tracks and Other Fossil Footprints of Europe 2e

Present a synthesis of the findings in the field of European fossil footprints. This book charts a path of evolutionary proliferation from the proto-dinosaurs of the Early Triassic period to the dinosaurs' decline and disappearance in the Upper Cretaceous.

Pnso Field Guide to the Ancient World- Age of Ancient Sea Monsters

Time Traveler

Palaeontologist Michael Novacek is an authority on patterns of evolution and on the relationships among extinct and extant organisms. This book is his account of how a boyhood passion for dinosaurs became a lifelong commitment to vanguard science.

The Invaders

A Times Higher Education Book of the Week Approximately 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 …

Cro-Magnon

This book tells the story of the dynamic and resilient people commonly known as the Cro-Magnons in light of recent scientific advances.

Life Sculpted

Meet the menagerie of lifeforms that dig, crunch, bore, and otherwise reshape our planet. Did you know elephants dig ballroom-sized caves alongside volcanoes? Or that parrotfish chew coral reefs and poop sandy beaches? Or that our planet once hosted a five-ton dinosaur-crunching alligator cousin? In fact, almost since its fascinating start, life was boring. Billions …