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Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution
Mammals first evolved at
about the same time as
dinosaurs, and their story
is perhaps the more
fascinating of the two--in
... > full story
Peterson Field Guide to Mammals of North America: Fourth Edition (Peterson Field Guide Series)
A Field Guide to Mammals of
North America The most
comprehensive, in-depth, and
current guide to North
American mammals, this book
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After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals (Life of the Past)
Perhaps nudged over the
evolutionary cliff by a
giant boloid striking the
earth, the incredible and
fascinating group of animals
called dinosaurs became
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Ice Age Mammals of North America
The time is the Pleistocene
epoch, about 2 million to
10,000 years ago.
Continent-size ice sheets
cover 30 percent of the
earth's landmass, and
strange creatures rove the
... > full story
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The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times.
Since fossils have presumably existed for millions of years, why don't we see much paleontological thought from ancient writers? Classics scholar Adrienne Mayor suggests that we can, in fact, learn ... > read more -
Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
Over the past twenty years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, including fossils that mark the growth of whales, manatees, and seals from land mammals and the origins of ... > read more -
Prehistoric America: A Journey through the Ice Age and Beyond
When human beings first arrived in North America at the end of the last Ice Age, they encountered a teeming variety of animals, from ground sloths and mastodons to zebras and camels. This ... > read more -
The Safari Companion: A Guide to Watching African Mammals Including Hoofed Mammals, Carnivores, and Primates
Since its original publication in 1993, The Safari Companion has been the best field guide to observing and understanding the behavior of African mammals. An indispensable tool for naturalists ... > read more -
The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives
Here's a book for cat lovers, but those who prefer good hard science to the warm and fuzzy feline tomes. While very readable, not to mention beautifully and lavishly illustrated, The Big Cats and ... > read more -
The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution
Just as we trace our personal family trees from parents to grandparents and so on back in time, so in The Ancestor's Tale Richard Dawkins traces the ancestry of life. As he is at pains to point out, ... > read more -
Mammal Tracks & Sign: A Guide to North American Species
*2003 National Outdoor Book Award Winner *Detailed track and trail data for 135 species with actual-size track illustrations in one section *Scat photos and data for dozens of animals The most ... > read more -
Twilight of the Mammoths:: Ice Age Extinctions and the Rewilding of America (Organisms and Environments)
As recently as 11,000 years ago--"near time" to geologists--mammoths, mastodons, gomphotheres, ground sloths, giant armadillos, native camels and horses, the dire wolf, and many other large mammals ... > read more -
Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World (Life of the Past)
The famous bone beds of the Morrison Formation, whose rocks are exposed from Wyoming down through the red rock region of the American Southwest, have yielded one of the most complete pictures of ... > read more -
The Complete World of Human Evolution
A compelling, authoritative, and superbly illustrated account of the rise and eventual domination of our species. Human domination of the earth is now so complete that it is easy to forget how ... > read more
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