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Paleontology : a Brief History of Life.

"Endlessly absorbing and informative. It would be hard to imagine a better introduction to this most important and fascinating field."--Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything Paleontology: A Brief History of Life is the fifth title published in the Templeton Science an...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Tattersall, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: West Conshohocken : Templeton Foundation Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo

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