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Dinosaur memories are hard to forget! Most who revel in the current renaissance in dinosaur science, art, fiction and movies, or who enjoy the other appealing prehistoric animals so well popularized……続きを見る

This book offers as comprehensive an overview as possible of the lithostratigraphy of the Italian region of Sicily, taking into account the multiplicity of formational and terminological variability……続きを見る

"Riveting. ... Pattison's uncanny ability [is] to write evocatively about science. ... In this, he is every bit as good as the best scientist writers." ーNew York Times Book Review (Editors' Choice)……続きを見る

This authored dictionary presents a unique glossary of paleontological terms, taxa, localities, and concepts, with focus on the most significant orders, genera, and species in terms of historical tu……続きを見る

Using a series of case studies, the book demonstrates the power of dynamic analysis as applied to the fossil record. The book considers how we think about certain types of paleontological questions ……続きを見る

The first comprehensive synthesis of genomic techniques in earth sciences The past 15 years have witnessed an explosion of DNA sequencing technologies that provide unprecedented insights into biolog……続きを見る

Land bridges are the causeways of biodiversity. When they form, organisms are introduced into a new patchwork of species and habitats, forever altering the ecosystems into which they flow; and when ……続きを見る

This book takes readers on a fascinating journey to discover the story of land and ancient life evolution in Oman since at least 800 million years ago. Oman is well known for its marvelous geology. ……続きを見る

This collection of conference papers presents information on the molecular genetics, biomineralization, growth and ecology of extant brachiopod stocks (extrapolated back to the Cambrian), and the sh……続きを見る

The consummate guide to the ultimate sabertooth. Few animals spark the imagination as much as the sabertooth cat Smilodon. With their incredibly long canines, which hung like fangs past their jaws, ……続きを見る

This volume describes and explores the emerging discipline of conservation paleobiology, and addresses challenges faced by established and young Conservation Paleobiologist's alike. In addition, thi……続きを見る

Ensayo que trata temas ligados al evolucionismo, en relación con el cual se prodigan prejuicios e imprecisiones, como, por ejemplo, la idea de que los términos “evolucionismo” y “darwinismo” son sin……続きを見る

“Dinosauri”. Una parola inventata ormai più di un secolo e mezzo fa per definire una delle più spettacolari e variegate forme di vita che abbiano mai vissuto sul nostro pianeta, spesso solo ed erron……続きを見る

Fantascienza - racconto (15 pagine) - Vivere nella mente del più grande assassino di tutti i tempi può essere un'esperienza unica. Soprattutto se l'assassino è un esemplare di Tirannosauro. Era un m……続きを見る

Fantascienza - racconto (12 pagine) - Un mistero avvolge i fossili dell'Uomo di Pechino. Mentre il Giappone sta invadendo la Cina e la guerra sta per stravolgere tutto, un uomo deve mettere al sicur……続きを見る

Una spedizione scientifica sui generis, un incidente, l’ingresso in un mondo incredibile che dietro l’apparenza nasconde un segreto insvelabile. Un segreto di guerra e di dominio che fonde passato r……続きを見る

La Nube di Oort – Ernesto Giorgi I difetti del genere umano, la prevaricazione dei capi, le ingiustizie e la schiavitù delle masse dipendono da stretti motivi biologici ed antropologici, collegati s……続きを見る

A place of exceptional diversity, rapid change, and high energy, Europe has literally been at the crossroads of the world ever since the interaction of Asia, North America and Africa formed the trop……続きを見る

On the basis of thermodynamic considerations and the Earth’s historical processes, this book argues the physical inevitability of life’s generation and evolution, i.e., Why did life generate? Why do……続きを見る

This edited volume presents current archaeological research and data from the major early Acheulean sites in East Africa, and addresses three main areas of focus; 1) the tempo and mode of technologi……続きを見る

This book reviews the convoluted history of orthogenesis with an emphasis of non-English sources, untangles relationships between various concepts of directed evolution and argues whether orthogenes……続きを見る

“There is no branch of detective science which is so important and so much neglected as the art of tracing footsteps. Happily, I have always laid great stress upon it, and much practice has made it ……続きを見る

The fascinating lives and puzzling demise of some of the largest animals on earth. Until a few thousand years ago, creatures that could have been from a sci-fi thrillerーincluding gorilla-sized lemu……続きを見る

This book aims at providing a brief but broad overview of biosignatures. The topics addressed range from prebiotic signatures in extraterrestrial materials to the signatures characterising extant li……続きを見る

This book serves as an introduction to the Cretaceous geology and palaeontology of south-central Africa, covering the whole of Southern and Eastern Africa and Angola. Fifty two plates illustrate alm……続きを見る

How can the tracks of dinosaurs best be interpreted and used to reconstruct them? In many Mesozoic sedimentary rock formations, fossilized footprints of bipedal, three-toed (tridactyl) dinosaurs are……続きを見る

Owen was the founder of the Natural History Museum, bringing the collections over from the British Museum. Although he was a supporter of evolutionary theory, he was reluctant to accept Darwin's ver……続きを見る

Moving away from his earlier belief in a short, catastrophic history of the Earth, this volume shows how Buckland envisages instead progressive change as the Earth gradually cooled as it was prepare……続きを見る

When Darwin wrote his Origin of Species, one of his main concerns was with the perceived shortness of the fossil record of life. Until the work of J. William Schopf and his colleagues, much of this ……続きを見る

This book focuses on the world’s largest mangrove delta complex, located at Sundarban, a world heritage site, and on the relatively new and rapidly expanding scientific discipline of ichnology. In a……続きを見る