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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
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
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Rocks, time, and fossils
  • Evolutionary processes
  • The tree of life
  • In the beginning
  • The Paleozoic : "ancient life"
  • The age of dinosaurs
  • The age of mammals
  • Of whales and primates
  • Walkers and toolmakers
  • A cognitive revolution.