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Origins: The Search for Our Prehistoric Past

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Description for Origins: The Search for Our Prehistoric Past Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 77, 69 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings, 1 maps, 4 black & white ta. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.

"Fossils are the fragments from which, piece by laborious piece, the great mosaic of the history of life has been constructed. Here and there, we can supplement these meager scraps by the use of biochemical markers or geochemical signatures that add useful information, but, even with such additional help, our reconstructions and our models of descent are often tentative. For the fossil record is, as we have seen, as biased as it is incomplete. But fragmentary, selective, and biased though it is, the fossil record, with all its imperfections, is still a treasure. Though whole chapters are missing, many pages ... Read more

In Origins, Frank H. T. Rhodes explores the origin and evolution of living things, the changing environments in which they have developed, and the challenges we now face on an increasingly crowded and polluted planet. Rhodes argues that the future well-being of our burgeoning population depends in no small part on our understanding of life’s past, its long and slow development, and its intricate interdependencies.

Rhodes’s accessible and extensively illustrated treatment of the origins narrative describes the nature of the search for prehistoric life, the significance of geologic time, the origin of life, the emergence and spread of flora and fauna, the evolution of primates, and the emergence of modern humans.

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Product Details

Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
344
Place of Publication
Ithaca, United States
ISBN
9781501702440
SKU
V9781501702440
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About Frank H. T. Rhodes
Frank H. T. Rhodes is President Emeritus of Cornell University. A geologist by training, he has published numerous works on geology and education including the books Earth: A Tenant’s Manual and The Creation of the Future: The Role of the American University (both from Cornell), The Evolution of Life, and Language of the Earth. He holds the Bigsby Medal of ... Read more

Reviews for Origins: The Search for Our Prehistoric Past
"In Origins, an overview of the history of life on Earth for the nonspecialist reader, Frank H. T. Rhodes starts with origins and traces a winding path to human evolution. This book is a highly readable treatment of an important and interesting topic."
Michael Foote, University of Chicago "In this compact and elegant volume, Frank H. T. Rhodes does ... Read more

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