Palaeontology category: 374 books
by Francisco J. Prevosti, Analía M. Forasiepi
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2018
This book summarizes the evolution of carnivorous mammals in the Cenozoic of South America. It presents paleontological information on the two main mammalian carnivorous groups in South America; Metatheria and Eutheria. The topics include the origin, systematics, phylogeny, paleoecology and evolution...
Carboniferous Giants and Mass Extinction
The Late Paleozoic Ice Age World
Language: English
Release Date: August 7, 2018
Picture a world of dog-sized scorpions and millipedes as long as a car; tropical rainforests with trees towering over 150 feet into the sky and a giant polar continent five times larger than Antarctica. That world was not imaginary; it was the earth more than 300 million years ago in the Carboniferous...
Summary & Study Guide - Rise of the Necrofauna
The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction
Language: English
Release Date: February 14, 2018
The Truth About De-Extinction
The must-read summary of “Rise of the Necrofauna**: The Science, Ethics, and Risks of De-Extinction,“ by Britt Wray.**
Necrofauna is a term used by futurist Alex Steffen to refer to species that are extinct but have been recreated by the process of de-extinction.
In...
Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils
Miocene Hominoid Evolution and Adaptations
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2013
An insightful new work, Function, Phylogeny, and Fossils integrates two practices in paleobiology which are often separated - functional and phylogenetic analysis. The book summarizes the evidence on paleoenvironments at the most important Miocene hominoid sites and relates it to the pertinent fossil...
The Shape of Life
Genes, Development, and the Evolution of Animal Form
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2012
Rudolf Raff is recognized as a pioneer in evolutionary developmental biology. In their 1983 book, Embryos, Genes, and Evolution, Raff and co-author Thomas Kaufman proposed a synthesis of developmental and evolutionary biology. In The Shape of Life, Raff analyzes the rise of this new experimental discipline...
by A. Hallam, P. B. Wignall
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 1997
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 1997
Why do mass extinctions occur? The demise of the dinosaurs has been discussed exhaustively, but has never been out into the context of other extinction events. This is the first systematic review of the mass extinctions of all organisms, plant and animal, terrestrial and marine, that have occurred...
Stratigraphic Paleobiology
Understanding the Distribution of Fossil Taxa in Time and Space
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Whether the fossil record should be read at face value or whether it presents a distorted view of the history of life is an argument seemingly as old as many fossils themselves. In the late 1700s, Georges Cuvier argued for a literal interpretation, but in the early 1800s, Charles Lyell’s gradualist...
From Clone to Bone
The Synergy of Morphological and Molecular Tools in Palaeobiology
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Since the 1980s, a renewed understanding of molecular development has afforded an unprecedented level of knowledge of the mechanisms by which phenotype in animals and plants has evolved. In this volume, top scientists in these fields provide perspectives on how molecular data in biology help to elucidate...
by Margaret M. Yacobucci
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2018
People hold a variety of prior conceptions that impact their learning. Prior conceptions that include erroneous or incomplete understandings represent a significant barrier to durable learning, as they are often difficult to change. While researchers have documented students' prior conceptions in...
Trace Fossils
Concepts, Problems, Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: October 13, 2011
This book serves as an up-to-date introduction, as well as overview to modern trace fossil research and covers nearly all of the essential aspects of modern ichnology. Divided into three section, Trace Fossils covers the historical background and concepts of ichnology, on-going research problems,...
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Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 31, 2012
Integration of ichnological information into sedimentological models, and vice versa, is one of the main means by which we can improve our understanding of ancient depositional environments. Mainly intended for sedimentologists, this book aims to make ichnological methods as part of facies interpretation...
by Juan Federico Ponce, Marilén Fernández
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 11, 2013
This book is the result of ten years’ of scientific research carried out by the authors on Isla de los Estados. The research includes their doctoral thesis and many published scientific papers related to the island.
The book is divided into two principal parts. The first part covers different...
Human Paleontology and Prehistory
Contributions in Honor of Yoel Rak
Language: English
Release Date: January 24, 2017
The aim of the book is to present original and though-provoking essays in human paleontology and prehistory, which are at the forefront of human evolutionary research, in honor of Professor Yoel Rak (a leading scholar in paleoanthropology). The volume presents a collection of original papers...
Mesozoic Sea Dragons
Triassic Marine Life from the Ancient Tropical Lagoon of Monte San Giorgio
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2019
The site of Monte San Giorgio is the most famous marine life fossil bed in the world.
The story of the marine life from the Middle Triassic Period at Monte San Giorgio has never been told in book form before.
Olivier Rieppel is a curator at the Field Museum in Chicago and is a returning IUP author whose previous book, Turtles as Hopeful Monsters, had strong sales.