The third title of the Universe Trilogy tells how, after the extinction of the dinosaurs, tiny mammals survived and morphed into lots of new Earthlings...horses, whales, and even humanoids. Simultaneo
The third title of the Universe Trilogy tells how, after the extinction of the dinosaurs, tiny mammals survived and morphed into lots of new Earthlings...horses, whales, and even humanoids. Simultaneo
A leading authority on the primate fossile record sheds new light on the human evolutionary tree, reconstructing the early roots of modern-day humans, offering a compelling new vision of anthropoid ev
The history of Neanderthal influence from Atlantis to the contemporary era??? Provides evidence of Neanderthal man's superior intelligence ??? Explores the unexplained scientific and architectural fe
Perhaps nudged over the evolutionary cliff by a giant boloid striking the Earth, the incredible and fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs (except for their feathered descendants) became extinc
Join a pack of woolly mammoths as they trek south for the winter, braving fierce storms, deadly predators, and raging rivers while making their slow journey across the gorgeous unspoiled lands of this
"Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids" takes us on a journey through 65 million years, from the aftermath of the extinction of the dinosaurs to the glacial climax of the Pleistocene epoch; from the rai
What did wooly mammoths look like? What did they eat? What happened when humans entered the picture? And how do we know all of these things about mammoths when they no longer exist?Readers will find o
Three generations of Leakeys have dug in East Africa for fossil evidence that answers questions about human origins. Louis and Mary, husband and wife, began what would turn into decades of research a
This book offers a unique insider's perspective on the unfolding discovery of a crucial link in our evolution: Proconsul, a fossil ape named whimsically after a performing chimpanzee called Consul. Th
A look at the most infamous scientific hoax examines the paleontological find that initiated the controversy and explains how the hoax was perpetrated.
The fossil record on Mesozoic mammals has expanded by orders of magnitude over the past quarter century. New specimens, some of them breathtakingly complete, have been found in nearly all parts of the
Takes readers on a prehistoric journey through time to visit one-hundred of the most amazing creatures that ever walked the Earth, from the well-known saber-toothed cat and woolly mammoth to the amazi
This work represents an exhaustive review of one of the most important late Cenozoic radiations of Australian marsupials: the short-faced, or sthenurine kangaroos. Sthenurines originated in the Miocen
The mammoth, with its shaggy coat, enormous tusks, and ponderous presence, is one of the great icons of extinction. It is also one of the few prehistoric creatures that is known not only from a few sc
This book places into modern context the information by which North American mammalian paleontologists recognize, divide, calibrate, and discuss intervals of mammalian evlution known as North American
Bones, Stones and Molecules provides some of the best evidence for resolving the debate between the two hypotheses of human origins. The debate between the 'Out of Africa' model and the 'Multiregiona
Originally published four years after Darwin's Origin of Species , this 1863 work by an eminent geologist excited instant popular and critical attention. A general survey of the evidence of the begin
