Taking a whole-earth approach to the study of geology, this text shows how Earth's ecosystem has developed over time, and how events in the past can help us deal with present and future changes. It contains full colour illustration program, including three-dimensional block diagrams to illustrate crucial cycles and concepts. The book is written by ...
On Methuselah's Trail tells the story of some of the Earth's most remarkable inhabitants living fossils. Labelled 'living fossils' by Darwin, the ancient animals and plants Peter Ward explores have survived with little or no change the cataclysmic events that transformed life on earth. These 'Methuselahs' can tell us much about the history of life ...
As demonstrated by the popular writings of Donald Johanson, Richard Leakey, and Stephen Jay Gould, the contending theories of human evolution hold a special fascination for book buyers. In this book, Stanley offers an intriguing new answer to the classic question about which came first, bipedal locomotion or the large brain of our own genus, Homo. ...
A revision of the best selling historical geology text, completely updated to provide a thorough but lucid introduction to the principles of historical geology. Stanley's assertion that 'the physical history and the biological history of the earth are inextricably interwined shapes his text throughout. The material is organized clearly and ...
Steven Stanleys Historische Geologie ist das umfassende Kernlehrbuch der PalAontologie fA1/4r angehende Geologen, aber auch Biologen und Geographen und, last but not least, auch Lehramtsstudenten in diesen FAchern. Die erste Auflage - immerhin A1/4ber 10.000 Exemplare - hat sich im deutschen Lehrbuchmarkt auf Anhieb behauptet und in der Neuauflage ...
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