Palaeontology 25

This edited volume provides the historical and geological background, as well as the details pertaining to the morphology and morphometric assessments, of a singular human cranial specimen from the ……続きを見る

This is an introductory textbook for the study of human evolution, and covers all major topics of human origins taught under paleoanthropology, anthropology, archaeology, and evolutionary biology co……続きを見る

This book chronicles the earliest histories of familiar tropical Asian crops in the ancient Middle East and the Mediterranean, from rice and cotton to citruses and cucumbers. Drawing on archaeologic……続きを見る

This book is the second volume of an edited work aiming to help novice geologists to explore terrains independently. Geoscience fieldwork with focus on structural geology and tectonics has become mo……続きを見る

Sauropodomorpha Huene 1932 is one of the most successful groups of dinosaurs, including the most abundant and diverse herbivorous forms with a worldwide record, extending from the late Triassic to t……続きを見る

This second, completely revised edition of “Paleogene fossil birds” gives a comprehensive, updated overview of the avian fossil record from a geological period that lasted from the end-Cretaceous ma……続きを見る

Earth’s climate varies even without human influence but the acceleration in the changing pattern with cause and effect by/to the civilisation is a matter of concern to scientists. These patterns are……続きを見る

¿Qué es lo que nos querían comunicar los pintores de Ekain al realizar aquellas maravillas de signos y figuras animales? ¿Cuál era la comunicación consciente y cuál la inconsciente? ¿Por qué o para ……続きを見る

¿Puede ser gigante cualquier especie animal? ¿Cómo fue el resurgir de la fauna tras la desaparición de los dinosaurios? ¿Cuáles fueron las razones fisiológicas del gigantismo durante el Cenozoico? ¿……続きを見る

In this acclaimed bestseller, an explorer and Neanderthal hunter takes us on a riveting journey of discovery 'With the style of a poet and imagination of a philosopher, Ludovic Slimak probes the min……続きを見る

Des premiers hominidés bipèdes il y a plus 7 millions d'années à l’invention de l’écriture, ce livre raconte l’histoire de nos origines en 120 événements. De Néandertal à l'homme de Florès, vous sui……続きを見る

Néandertal, qui a foulé notre sol il y a 350 000 ans, a longtemps été considéré comme un être fruste et brutal à l'allure d'un singe. Aujourd'hui les indices se multiplient suggérant que les Néander……続きを見る

Nous savons depuis peu que les premiers Homo Sapiens vivaient il y a 300 000 ans dans la Sahara vert, l'actuel Maroc. Et ils n'étaient alors pas les seuls humains à peupler la planète. D'où venaient……続きを見る

Grâce à ce guide, riche de plus de 600 illustrations, le géologue amateur trouvera toutes les indications pour associer un nom au minéral ou à la roche observés au bord du sentier. Un chapitre est é……続きを見る

This book highlights the knowledge about landscapes and characteristics of the earliest hunter-gatherer lifeway in Southern Patagonia. It presents an analysis of the archaeological investigations ca……続きを見る

The health status and future of tropical coral reefs, as tourist destinations, are regularly subjected to media coverage. Many documentaries recognize the natural beauty and biological richness of t……続きを見る

One of today’s major geoscientific controversies centres on the origin of the Archean granite‒greenstone terranes. Is the geology of these scattered remnants of our planet’s early crust consistent w……続きを見る

This book concentrates exclusively on the dialogic turn in the governance of science and the environment. The starting point for this book is the dialogic turn in the production and communication of……続きを見る

Dinosaurs and other prehistoric animals have always fascinated people but they pose vast problems for the artist. How do you go about recreating the anatomy and behaviour of a creature we've never s……続きを見る

Through the original writings and photography of renowned geologist Harold Rollin Wanless, this book paints a thorough and engaging picture of the White River Badlands’ landscape, geology, biology, ……続きを見る

From his stunning discovery of Tyrannosaurus rex one hundred years ago to the dozens of other important new dinosaur species he found, Barnum Brown led a remarkable life (1873–1963), spending most o……続きを見る

This captivating book, laced with evocative anecdotes from the field, gives the first holistic, up-to-date overview of dinosaurs and their world for a wide audience of readers. Situating these fasci……続きを見る

More than three hundred million years agoーa relatively recent date in the two billion years since life first appearedーvertebrate animals first ventured onto land. This usefully illustrated book de……続きを見る

Den Ansatz der klassischen Historischen Geologie aufgreifend, fokussieren die Autoren in diesem neukonzipierten Lehrbuch auf die biogenen und nicht-biogenen Prozesse der Erdentwicklung. Seit der Ent……続きを見る

If you want to know your ichthyosaur from your iguanodon, and your belemnites from your brachiopods, strap in for this whirlwind tour of the highlights of palaeontology Life as we know it now has a ……続きを見る

In the Miocene and Pliocene fossil shell beds of the eastern United States, the single most spectacular molluscan species radiation is seen in the ecphora shells (the Tribe Ecphorini). These bizarre……続きを見る

The extraxial-axial theory (EAT) and universal elemental homology (UEH) are often portrayed as mutually exclusive hypotheses of homology within pentaradiate Echinodermata. EAT describes homology upo……続きを見る

Более ста лет Россия была гигантским белым пятном в истории динозавров. Поиску и изучению остатков русских динозавров мешало многое: нехватка специалистов, геологическая история региона, удаленность……続きを見る

The Phanerozoic Geology and Natural Resources of Egypt includes a series of chapters written by highly qualified group of researchers whose expertise is recognized and appreciated not only in Egypt,……続きを見る

Today there are 20 million species on our planet. Yet what we see is just a snapshot in time. 99% of Earth's inhabitants are lost to our deep past. The story of what happened to these lineages - the……続きを見る