Palaeontology 34

Beneath the surface of our world lies a vast and intricate record of Earth's history, written in layers of rock, fossils, and shifting landscapes. Every mountain range, ocean basin, and volcanic pla……続きを見る

Dragons of the Air is one of the earliest comprehensive studies of pterosaurs, the dinosaurs that dominated the skies during the Mesozoic Era. First published in 1901, Dragons of the Air is a ground……続きを見る

The spinosaurs – the dinosaur group that includes the largest land predator of all time, the awe-inspiring Spinosaurus – star in this cutting-edge review. The giant sail-backed carnivorous dinosaur ……続きを見る

Saviez-vous que les dinosaures vivaient partout sur la Terre, de l’Alaska à l’Antarctique ? Que loin d’être des « reptiles stupides », certains étaient des animaux communautaires capables de vivre e……続きを見る

When the The Dinosauria was first published more than a decade ago, it was hailed as "the best scholarly reference work available on dinosaurs" and "an historically unparalleled compendium of inform……続きを見る

How can we bring together the study of genes, embryos and fossils? Embryos in Deep Time is a critical synthesis of the study of individual development in fossils. It brings together an up-to-date re……続きを見る

Who were the first humans to inhabit North America? According to the now familiar story, mammal hunters entered the continent some 12,000 years ago via a land bridge that spanned the Bering Sea. Dis……続きを見る

Hans Thewissen, a leading researcher in the field of whale paleontology and anatomy, gives a sweeping first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales.……続きを見る

The microscopic examination of fossilized bone tissue is a sophisticated and increasingly important analytical tool for understanding the life history of ancient organisms. This book provides an ess……続きを見る

In this engrossing and accessible book, Doug Macdougall explores the causes and effects of ice ages that have gripped our planet throughout its history, from the earliest known glaciationーnearly th……続きを見る

Paleobiologist Anthony D. Barnosky weaves together evidence from the deep past and the present to alert us to the looming Sixth Mass Extinction and to offer a practical, hopeful plan for avoiding it……続きを見る

Two discoveries of early human relatives, one in 1924 and one in 2003, radically changed scientific thinking about our origins. Dean Falk, a pioneer in the field of human brain evolution, offers thi……続きを見る

Described as "a writer in the tradition of Henry David Thoreau, John Muir, and other self-educated seers" by the San Francisco Chronicle, David Rains Wallace turns his attention in this new book to ……続きを見る

Covering a large swath of the American West, the Great Basin, centered in Nevada and including parts of California, Utah, and Oregon, is named for the unusual fact that none of its rivers or streams……続きを見る

"A comprehensive and entertaining historical and botanical review, providing an enjoyable and cognitive read.”ーNature The foods we eat have a deep and often surprising past. From almonds and apples……続きを見る

"An opinionated, authoritative, and delightfully provocative account of efforts to make sense of human fossil discoveries." ー Kirkus Reviews , (starred review) "Superb science history." ー Booklis……続きを見る

The paleontological site of Senèze (Haute Loire, central France) was discovered in 1892 inside a volcanic crater. For over 40 years, local peasant Pierre Philis collected fossils and sold them to Fr……続きを見る

BnF collection ebooks - "Depuis le jour où l'homme a , pour la première fois, soulevé l'épiderme terrestre pour y creuser des sillons et pour y tracer des chemins ; depuis l'époque où il a su pénétr……続きを見る

जीवाश्म विज्ञान का प्रेमी होने के नाते, लगभग दो दशक पहले मुझे विकासवाद के सिद्धांत में कई खामियां नजर आने लगीं। जिन चीज़ों का मैं अध्ययन और खोज कर रहा था, वे विकासवादियों के दावों से मेल नहीं खाती थ……続きを見る

D’où est venue l’humanité et dans quel ordre se sont combinés les éléments complexes dont les peuples actuels sont formés? La pensée se trouble lorsqu’elle envisage ces questions si obscures. C’est ……続きを見る

Os pterossauros foram os primeiros vertebrados a conquistar os céus. Durante milhões de anos, habitaram diferentes regiões do planeta, incluindo o Brasil, onde muitos deles viveram. Essas e muitas o……続きを見る

Nathalie A. Cabrol ha dedicato la propria esistenza allo studio di possibili forme di vita al di fuori del nostro pianeta. Dalle vette delle Ande, dove gli organismi resistono a condizioni estreme, ……続きを見る

With this collection of essays, Anthony J. Martin invites us to investigate animal and human traces on the Georgia coast and the remarkable stories these traces, both modern and fossil, tell us. Rea……続きを見る

Find out ALL ABOUT dinosaurs in this fun-filled fact book for kids aged 7+. Travel back in time and meet the dinosaurs! Packed with fascinating facts, super stats, phenomenal photos, and Q&As with r……続きを見る

This volume details the results of an excavation carried out prior to development at Swan’s Nest in the town of Swaffham, Norfolk, which recorded prehistoric activity spanning the Mesolithic to Iron……続きを見る

Si récentes qu’elles soient sur la terre, les créatures pensantes aspirent à connaître les origines de la grande nature qui les a précédées et les environne. Les philosophes ont longuement discuté s……続きを見る

This book highlights a detailed high-resolution palynofacies origin and depositional environment, source rock potential, hydrocarbon migration pathway and structural hydrocarbon entrapment mechanism……続きを見る

This book provides a detailed examination of ichnology during the Permian-Triassic mass extinction in China, focusing on the recovery patterns of marine trace-making organisms. It features a wealth ……続きを見る

La moderna scienza dei fossili nasce da una storia lunga, popolata da draghi, ciclopi e giganti. Una storia vivace, a tratti folle, piena di cantonate e ipotesi strampalate. E colpi di fortuna. Imma……続きを見る

The Cauvery Basin is one of the most widely known and geologically important basins of India, and it has been for decades, and still is, the focus of study for both national and international resear……続きを見る