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1	After the Ice Age: The Return of Life to Glaciated North America more books like this by E C Pielou add to wishlist The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Antarctica has been transformed gradually into the forests, grasslands, and wetlands we know today. "One of the best scientific books published in the last ten years."--Ottowa Journal "A valuable new synthesis of facts and ideas about climate, geography, and life during the past 20 ... see all copies from $5.06! new only from $15.79! \| first editions \| SVS
2	Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere more books like this by Peter Ward add to wishlist For 65 million years, dinosaurs ruled the Earth - until a deadly asteroid forced their extinction. But what accounts for the incredible longevity of dinosaurs? A renowned scientist now provides a startling explanation that is rewriting the history of the Age of Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were pretty amazing creatures - real-life monsters that have the ... see all copies from $8.37! new only from $9.20! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The Holocene: An Environmental History more books like this by Neil Roberts add to wishlist In its first edition, "The Holocene" provided undergraduates with a much-needed coherent scientific account of the great transformation of nature that had taken place during the Holocene, the last 10,000 years in the history of the planet and the period in which we are all now living. This period has included major shifts in climate and human ... see all copies from $12.00! new only from $45.09! \| first editions \| SVS
4	The Emerald Planet: How Plants Changed Earth's History more books like this by David Beerling add to wishlist Plants have transformed our planet over the last 470 million years as they invaded the land and diversified into the astonishing variety we know today. But their influence has reached even further: they have profoundly moulded the Earth's climate and the evolutionary trajectory of life. Far from being 'silent witnesses to the passage of time', ... see all copies from $7.51! new only from $11.31!
5	Thunder of Time more books like this by James F David add to wishlist The long-awaited follow-up to "Footprints of Thunder." Ten years ago, modern humanity suddenly found itself sharing the Earth with fierce dinosaurs. Now, time begins to unravel once more, and these time displacements are being manipulated by unknown parties, utilizing a mysterious new technology. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.89! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	The Amber Forest: A Reconstruction of a Vanished World more books like this by George O Poinar, Jr., Roberta Poinar add to wishlist In Jurassic Park, amber fossils provided the key to bringing dinosaurs back to life. Scientists in the movie extracted dinosaur blood from mosquitoes preserved for millions of years in amber - hardened tree resin - and used the blood's DNA to revive the creatures that terrified audiences around the globe. In this book, George and Roberta Poinar ... see all copies from $3.00! new only from $22.00! \| first editions
7	The Ecology of the Cambrian Radiation more books like this by Professor Robert Riding (Editor), Professor Andrey Zhuravlev (Editor) add to wishlist The Cambrian radiation was the explosive evolution of marine life that started 550,000,000 years ago. It ranks as one of the most important episodes in Earth history. This key event in the history of life on our planet changed the marine biosphere and its sedimentary environment forever, requiring a complex interplay of wide-ranging biologic and ... see all copies from $20.25! new only from $20.25!
8	Terrestrial ecosystems through time evolutionary paleoecology of terrestrial plants and animals more books like this by Behrensmeyer, Evolution of Terrestrial Ecosystems Consortium add to wishlist Breathtaking in scope, this is the first survey of the entire ecological history of life on land--from the earliest traces of terrestrial organisms over 400 million years ago to the beginning of human agriculture. By providing myriad insights into the unique ecological information contained in the fossil record, it establishes a new and ambitious ... see all copies from $22.50! new only from $47.00!
9	Jurassic West: The Dinosaurs of the Morrison Formation and Their World more books like this by John Foster add to wishlist The incredible story of the dinosaurs and other animals that lived in the American West 150 million years ago see all copies from $32.45! new only from $37.59! \| signed copies \| first editions
10	Quaternary Environments more books like this by M A J Williams add to wishlist The second edition of this authoritative introduction to the global environmental fluctuations of the Quaternary period has been thoroughly revised and updated, and now includes two new chapters: one on Quaternary glaciations, its causes and feedback mechanisms, and one on the Milankovitch theory and its implications for Quaternary climatic ... see all copies from $14.99! new only from $99.00!
11 view cover	The Ice Age History of Alaskan National Parks more books like this by Professor Scott A Elias add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
12 view cover	Evolution and Ecology more books like this by K D Bennett, H J B Birks (Editor), J A Wiens (Editor) add to wishlist The mechanisms of macroevolutionary change have long been a contentious issue. Palaeoecological evidence, presented in this book, shows that evolutionary processes visible in ecological time do not build up into macroevolutionary trends, contrary to Darwin's original thesis. The author discusses how climatic oscillations on ice-age time-scales are ... see all copies from $4.79! new only from $43.20! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Northern Adriatic Ecosystem: Deep Time in a Shallow Sea more books like this by Frank K McKinney add to wishlist -- David J. Bottjer, University of Southern California see all copies from $8.00! new only from $23.45! \| SVS
14 view cover	Evolutionary Patterns: Growth, Form, and Tempo in the Fossil Record more books like this by Jeremy B C Jackson (Editor), Scott Lidgard (Editor), Frank K McKinney (Editor) add to wishlist With advances in molecular and evolutionary biology, one could almost wonder why we need the fossil record. Molecular sequence data can resolve taxanomic relationships, experiments with fruit flies demonstrate evolution and development in real time, and field studies of Galapagos finches have provided the strongest evidence for natural selection ... see all copies from $29.95! new only from $40.00!
15 view cover	Paleoecology, Concepts and Applications more books like this by J Robert Dodd add to wishlist This text has been extensively revised to reflect new developments in a rapidly changing field. It reviews techniques for reconstruction of ancient environments, taking up the biological, chemical and physical principles of each technique. Coverage has been broadened to include more material from micropaleontology, vertebrate paleontology and ... see all copies from $66.49! new only from $241.00! \| SVS
16 view cover	Evolution of Fossil Ecosystems more books like this by Paul A Selden, John R Nudds add to wishlist Major advances in our understanding of the history of life on Earth have been achieved through the study of exceptionally well-preserved fossil sites, known scientifically as fossil Lagerstatten. The examination of such sites provides a surprisingly complete picture of the evolution of ecosystems throughout the ages. In Evolution of Fossil ... see all copies from $21.95! new only from $21.95! \| SVS
17 view cover	The Cretaceous World more books like this by Peter W Skelton, Simon P Kelley, Iain Gilmour add to wishlist The rich geological record of the Cretaceous Period reveals a world that experienced extreme climatic warmth and significantly higher global sea levels than today. It therefore provides a natural case study of the Earth in 'greenhouse' climatic mode, which this interdisciplinary textbook analyses from the perspective of Earth System Science. After ... see all copies from $50.00! new only from $57.74!
18 view cover	Recent Vertebrate Carcasses and Their Paleobiological Implications more books like this by Johannes Weigelt, Judith Schaefer (Translator), Catherine Badgley (Foreword by) add to wishlist In this book the author discusses death and decomposition; classifies various modes of death; documents and analyzes the expositions of carcasses; presents detailed data on carcass assemblages at the Smither's Lake site in Texas; and, in a final chapter, makes comparisons to carcass assemblages from the geologic past. see all copies from $37.90! new only from $40.00! \| first editions
19 view cover	Blackland Prairies of the Gulf Coastal Plain: Nature, Culture, and Sustainability more books like this by Evan Peacock (Editor) add to wishlist This comprehensive study of one of the most ecologically rich regions of the Southeast underscores the relevance of archaeological research in understanding long-term cultural change. Taking a holistic approach, this compilation gathers ecological, historical, and archaeological research written on the distinctive region of the Southeast called ... see all copies from $4.00! new only from $9.98! \| first editions
20 view cover	Holocene: Environmental History more books like this by Neil Roberts add to wishlist The last 10,000 years, the post-glacial or Holocene, has seen the world's climates and environments take on their modern natural form. It has also seen the development of Homo Sapiens form hunter-gatherer to farmer to city-dweller with consequent impact on the natural environment. For the most part, this transformation of nature has not been ... see all copies from $3.87! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
21 view cover	Blackland Prairies of the Gulf Coastal Plain: Nature, Culture, and Sustainability more books like this by Elsie Singmaster, Evan Peacock (Editor), Timothy Schauwecker (Editor) add to wishlist This comprehensive study of one of the most ecologically rich regions of the Southeast underscores the relevance of archaeological research in understanding long-term cultural change. Taking a holistic approach, this compilation gathers ecological, historical, and archaeological research written on the distinctive region of the Southeast called ... see all copies from $3.40! new only from $4.98!
22 view cover	Cenozoic Seas: The View from Eastern North America more books like this by Edward J Petuch, Petuch J Petuch add to wishlist The rich fossil record of the Atlantic and Gulf coastal plains of the United States is a gold mine for interested scientists. The last thirty million years of Earth history are superbly chronicled by a succession of fossil assemblages extending from the St. Lawrence River to Florida. Marine scientists, paleontologists, and systematic biologists ... see all copies from $75.80! new only from $168.66! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	Evolutionary Paleoecology: The Ecological Context of Macroevolutionary Change more books like this by Professor Warren Allmon (Editor), Professor David J Bottjer (Editor) add to wishlist -- Choice see all copies from $11.26! new only from $11.26!
24 view cover	Evolution and Environment in Tropical America more books like this by Jeremy B Jackson (Editor), Ann F Budd (Editor), Mr. Anthony G Coates (Editor) add to wishlist How were the tropical Americas formed? This volume draws on extensive, multidisciplinary research in its attempt to develop new views of the geological formation of the isthmus linking North and South America, and of the major environmental changes that reshaped the Neotropics to create its present-day marine and terrestrial ecosystems. The 24 ... see all copies from $25.39! new only from $39.00!
25 view cover	Civilizing Climate: Social Responses to Climate Change in the Ancient Near East more books like this by Arlene Miller Rosen add to wishlist Description is based upon research evidence from the Near East and elsewhere, of changes in climate and how that affected social and political developments. This work uses 3 major case studies of the Neolithic, Early Bronze, and Roman/Byzantine periods. see all copies from $36.00! new only from $36.00!

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