The Fossil Trail
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Author | : Ian Tattersall |
Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
Total Pages | : 292 |
Release | : 1995 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : 9780195109818 |
In The Fossil Trail, Ian Tattersall, the head of the Anthropology Department at the American Museum of Natural History, takes us on a sweeping tour of the study of human evolution, offering a colorful history of fossil discoveries and a revealing insider's look at how these finds have been interpreted - and misinterpreted - through time. All the major figures and discoveries are here. We meet Lamarck and Cuvier and Darwin (we learn that Darwin's theory of evolution, though a bombshell, was very congenial to a Victorian ethos of progress), right up to modern theorists such as Niles Eldredge and Stephen Jay Gould.
Author | : Struan Reid |
Publisher | : Usborne Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Fossils |
ISBN | : 9780746096338 |
Struan Reid explains how rocks, minerals and fossils are actually formed, what they can tell us about the past history of the Earth and its future, and where you can see and find them.
Author | : June Culp Zeitner |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 104 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Nature |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Peter Douglas Ward |
Publisher | : W H Freeman & Company |
Total Pages | : 212 |
Release | : 1993-03 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9780716724889 |
Presents examples of animals, such as the horseshoe crab, which have existed through ice ages, changes in ocean levels, and more, while other species have died out
Author | : Joe Cuhaj |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2016-09-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1493019392 |
Whether you're a curious tourist or a local history buff, this guidebook contains all the tools you'll need to explore the Heart of Dixie's history. From ruins to battlefields, each of the 40 featured hikes comes with helpful maps and directions, as well as a carefully researched impression of the trail, and a comprehensive guide to the area's natural and human history.
Author | : Shelley Emling |
Publisher | : St. Martin's Press |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2009-10-13 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 023010097X |
At a time when women were excluded from science, a young girl made a discovery that marked the birth of paleontology and continues to feed the debate about evolution to this day. Mary Anning was only twelve years old when, in 1811, she discovered the first dinosaur skeleton--of an ichthyosaur--while fossil hunting on the cliffs of Lyme Regis, England. Until Mary's incredible discovery, it was widely believed that animals did not become extinct. The child of a poor family, Mary became a fossil hunter, inspiring the tongue-twister, "She Sells Sea Shells by the Seashore." She attracted the attention of fossil collectors and eventually the scientific world. Once news of the fossils reached the halls of academia, it became impossible to ignore the truth. Mary's peculiar finds helped lay the groundwork for Charles Darwin's theory of evolution, laid out in his On the Origin of Species. Darwin drew on Mary's fossilized creatures as irrefutable evidence that life in the past was nothing like life in the present. A story worthy of Dickens, The Fossil Hunter chronicles the life of this young girl, with dirt under her fingernails and not a shilling to buy dinner, who became a world-renowned paleontologist. Dickens himself said of Mary: "The carpenter's daughter has won a name for herself, and deserved to win it." Here at last, Shelley Emling returns Mary Anning, of whom Stephen J. Gould remarked, is "probably the most important unsung (or inadequately sung) collecting force in the history of paleontology," to her deserved place in history.
Author | : Chris Stringer |
Publisher | : Henry Holt and Company |
Total Pages | : 350 |
Release | : 2015-07-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1627797491 |
A Choice Outstanding Academic Book A Library Journal Best Sci-Tech Book A New York Times Notable Book Once in a generation a book such as African Exodus emerges to transform the way we see ourselves. This landmark book, which argues that our genes betray the secret of a single racial stock shared by all of modern humanity, has set off one of the most bitter debates in contemporary science. "We emerged out of Africa," the authors cont, "less than 100,000 years ago and replaced all other human populations." Employing persuasive fossil and genetic evidence (the proof is in the blood, not just the bones) and an exceptionally readable style, Stringer and McKie challenge long-held beliefs that suggest we evolved separately as different races with genetic roots reaching back two million years.
Author | : Johnny Molloy |
Publisher | : Rowman & Littlefield |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 2023-05-01 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 1493065610 |
From old country roads to dense forest paths, Kentucky boasts more than 1,500 miles of marked and maintained trails. Author Johnny Molloy describes some of the best hikes in the state, from 1-mile nature trails to multiday backpacks. Fully updated and revised, with detailed information on trailhead location, difficulty, and much, much more, Hiking Kentucky, Fourth Edition is bound to have something for everyone!
Author | : Charles Doolittle Walcott |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 1898 |
Genre | : Geology |
ISBN | : |
Chiefly detailed technical drawings of fossil jellyfish.
Author | : Scott S. Warren |
Publisher | : The Mountaineers Books |
Total Pages | : 308 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Sports & Recreation |
ISBN | : 9780898867848 |
Discover 69 wilderness areas--including seven new ones--showcasing everything from mountains to canyons, rushing rivers to desert landscapesA comprehensive guide to Colorado's wild areas Totally updated and revised Includes 74 maps and 90 photosMuch has changed in the landscape of Colorado's wilderness designations since the first edition of this book appeared in 1992. At the newly designated Black Canyon of the Gunnison National Park, visitors peer into the depths of this narrow canyon that drops 2,000 feet to the Gunnison River below--and some choose to follow rugged backcountry routes down to the inner canyon. A trail in Spanish Peaks Wilderness, established in 2000, leads up one of these twin sentinels that rise above the edge of the high plains. Nestled at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains and standing up to 750 feet high, the dunes of the newly enlarged Great Sand Dunes National Monument and Preserve are the tallest in the Western Hemisphere. Other recent additions to Colorado's protected lands include the Castle Peak Wilderness Study Area, Bull Gulch Wilderness Study Area, San Luis Hills Wilderness Study Area, and Demaree Canyon Wilderness Area. Colorado is one of the nation's primary adventure-travel destinations, and both visitors and locals will find this book the most all-inclusive reference available to the state's wildness areas. From the state's high peaks to its spectacular canyons and deserts, Exploring Colorado's Wild Areas provides detailed information on seasons, flora and fauna, geology, history and activities.