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Spying on Whales(2019) PYENSON, NICKWhales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. We have hunted them for thousands of years and scratched their icons into our mythologies. They simultaneously fill us with waves of terror, awe and aVezava: Mehka15,41 € -
Weird Dinosaurs(2017) PICKRELL, JOHNWeird Dinosaurs examines the latest breakthroughs and new technologies radically transforming our understanding of the distant past. Pickrell opens a vivid portal to a brand new age of fossil discovery, in which fossil hunters are routinely redefining whaVezava: Trda40,39 € -
Evolution(2017) PROTHERO, DONALD R.Donald R. Prothero’s Evolution is an entertaining and rigorous history of the transitional forms and series found in the fossil record. In this second edition, Prothero describes new transitional fossils from various periods, and reframes creationism as aVezava: Trda48,47 € -
Story of Life in 25 Fossils(2018) PROTHERO, DONALD R.Every fossil tells a story. Best-selling paleontology author Donald R. Prothero describes twenty-five famous fossils in a gripping scientific history. Recounting the adventures behind the discovery of these objects and interpreting their significance withVezava: Mehka35,55 € -
Tropical Arctic(2021) MCELWAIN, JENNIFER,MCELWAIN, JENNIFER,HILL DONNELLY, MARLENE,GLASSPOOL, IANAn illustrated visit to the tropical arctic of 205 million years ago when Greenland was green.Vezava: Trda48,12 € -
How the Earth Turned Green(2015) ARMSTRONG, JOSEPH E.On this blue planet, long before pterodactyls took to the skies and tyrannosaurs prowled the continents, tiny green organisms populated the ancient oceans. The author traces the history of these verdant organisms, which many would call plants, from theirVezava: Mehka74,13 € -
Origin and Early Evolutionary History of Snakes(2022)This book provides current and authoritative insights into the origin and early evolution of snakes for biology students; evolutionary biologists interested in neontology, palaeontology, origins of major taxa, and diversification; and paleontologists andVezava: Trda134,57 € -
Only in Africa(2021) OWEN-SMITH, NORMAN (UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG)The book reaches out to palaeoanthropologists to explain how evolutionary adaptations were necessarily related to ecological shifts in savannas governed by seasonal dryness. For ecologists, it both outlines the fundamentals of savanna ecology and shows hoVezava: Trda127,75 € -
Waterside Ape(2019) RHYS EVANS, PETER H.This book presents evidence for the controversial ‘Waterside Ape’ theory of human origins formerly known as the ‘Aquatic Ape’ theory. The ‘Savannah Ape’ hypothesis that hominid apes evolved on the grass plains of East Africa has been long-accepted based oVezava: Mehka51,31 € -
Only in Africa(2021) OWEN-SMITH, NORMAN (UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND, JOHANNESBURG)The book reaches out to palaeoanthropologists to explain how evolutionary adaptations were necessarily related to ecological shifts in savannas governed by seasonal dryness. For ecologists, it both outlines the fundamentals of savanna ecology and shows hoVezava: Mehka72,23 € -
Extinction(2019) WIGNALL, PAUL B. (PROFESSOR OF PALAEOENVIRONMENTS, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS)Extinction has occurred throughout the history of life, and nearly all the species that have ever existed have now disappeared. In this Very Short Introduction, Paul B. Wignall looks at the causes and nature of extinction events, what makes a species vulnVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Dinosaurs(2017) NORMAN, DAVID (ODELL FELLOW IN THE NATURAL SCIENCES, READER IN PALAEOBIOLOGY, UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE)David Norman discusses some of the most fascinating and iconic creatures to walk our Earth. Introducing the different famillies of dinosaurs, he discusses how they were first discovered and interpreted, and looks at how scientific break-throughs have chanVezava: Mehka14,01 € -
Curious about Nature(2020)Field studies form the backbone of research, teaching, policy and advisory work. For the first time, a single textbook provides an overview of the diversity, impacts and importance of field work. The authors capture the spirit of enjoying fieldwork, and tVezava: Mehka68,43 € -
Earth History and Palaeogeography(2016) TORSVIK, TROND H. (UNIVERSITETET I OSLO),COCKS, L. ROBIN M. (NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM, LONDON)Using full-colour palaeogeographical maps from the Cambrian to the present, this interdisciplinary volume explains how plate motions and surface volcanism are linked to processes in the Earth's mantle. With supplementary resources available online, it isVezava: Trda127,75 € -
Locked in Time(2021) LOMAX, DEAN R.,NICHOLLS, ROBERTFrom dinosaurs fighting to their deaths to elephant-sized burrowing ground sloths, this book takes readers on a global journey deep into the earth’s past. Locked in Time showcases fifty of the most astonishing fossils ever found, brought together in fiveVezava: Trda40,39 € -
Our Oldest Companions(2021) SHIPMAN, PATThe unique relationship between dogs and humans has had huge evolutionary consequences, changing the physical, behavioral, genetic, and emotional characteristics of both species. Pat Shipman looks to fossil records and new evidence to trace how the procesVezava: Trda36,54 €
