Palaeontology
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Palaeontology
Paperback. Addresses question such as: how did Darwin use fossils to support his theory of evolution? What are 'living fossils'? Building on the scientific aspects, this book places fossils in a human context, highlighting their impact on philosophy, mythology, our concept of time, and popular culture. It provides an explanation of fossils as a phenomenon. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 table, 3 line drawings, numerous halftones and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDZ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 111 x 8. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192805041
- ISBN
- 9780192805041
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.64
€ 13.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New preface by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691165653
- ISBN
- 9780691165653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.98
€ 23.99
€ 17.98
Paperback. A controversial challenge to current views of evolution, for the general reader. Num Pages: 488 pages, 50 b/w illus. BIC Classification: PDA; PDZ; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 704. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- SKU
- KOC0010929
- ISBN
- 9780521603256
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 25.00
€ 25.00
Paperback. This book focuses on the first vertebrates to conquer land and their long journey to become fully independent from the water. It traces the origin of tetrapod features and tries to explain how and why they transformed into organs that permit life on land. Series: Topa Topics in Paleobiology. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white tables, figures, colour. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVW3; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 14. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470671788
- ISBN
- 9780470671788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.79
€ 62.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: RBG; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731032
- ISBN
- 9780226731032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.35
€ 44.99
€ 34.35
Hardback. 8vo. Good clean copy
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- First U. S. Edition
- SKU
- KEX0265183
- ISBN
- 9780520233690
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Paperback. Includes comprehensive coverage of dinosaur systematics, reproduction, and life history strategies, biogeography, taphonomy, paleoecology, thermoregulation, and extinction. This book offers documentation of dinosaur distribution through time and space, and discussion of the interface between geology and biology. Editor(s): Weishampel, David B.; Dodson, Peter; Osmolska, Halszka. Num Pages: 880 pages, 330 line illustrations, 28 tables. BIC Classification: RBX; WNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 276 x 52. Weight in Grams: 2460.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 880
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520254084
- ISBN
- 9780520254084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.02€ 49.61
€ 58.02
€ 49.61
Hardback. A collection of papers reviewing selected conservation Lagerstatten for terrestrial animals and plants throughout the Phanerozoic worldwide. The synthesis details recent progress in documenting the biodiversity of such extraordinary fossil deposits and elucidating the geological conditions for and biogeochemical processes behind their formation. Editor(s): Fraser, Nick; Sues, Hans-Dieter. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 260 x 200. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Dunedin Academic Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780460147
- ISBN
- 9781780460147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.50
€ 161.50
Hardcover. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 35. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226332734
- ISBN
- 9780226332734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.10€ 44.93
€ 52.10
€ 44.93
Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 362, 200 colour illustrations, 138 colour illustrations, 14 black & white illustrations,. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 290 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1550.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420288
- ISBN
- 9781421420288
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.10
€ 44.99
€ 37.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages, 26 halftones, 59 color illus., 62 line drawings, 22 tables. BIC Classification: RBP; RBX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 287 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1750. Understanding Climate Change Past and Present. 448 pages, 26 halftones, 59 color illus., 62 line drawings, 22 tables. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: RBP; RBX. Dimension: 221 x 287 x 29. Weight: 1786.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231144940
- ISBN
- 9780231144940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.94€ 83.22
€ 108.94
€ 83.22
Paperback. This book addresses the larger issues being addressed by paleomicrobiology, reviews the technical approaches and controversies attendant upon recovering and sequencing very old DNA, and surveys a number of modern diseases of humans with ancient roots. It will be of very great interest to microbiologists, anthropologists and medical historians. Editor(s): Drancourt, Michel; Raoult, Didier. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: MBNS; PSD; PSG; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 13. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- Amer Society for Microbiology
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555819163
- ISBN
- 9781555819163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.86
€ 89.86
Hardback. Loxton and Prothero complete an entertaining, educational, and definitive text on demonstrably false phenomena, presenting both the arguments for and against their existence and systematically challenging the pseudoscience perpetuating their myths. Num Pages: 432 pages, 88 illustrations. BIC Classification: PSV; RBX; VXQM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153201
- ISBN
- 9780231153201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. This book, widely praised for its coverage and approach in describing and illustrating 14 well known fossil sites from around the world, is now full updated with 6 new chapters and many new colour illustrations. A beautifully illustrated study of fossil sites from different periods providing a picture of the evolution of ecosystems down the ages. Num Pages: 304 pages, 460 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 196 x 16. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Publisher
- Manson Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840761603
- ISBN
- 9781840761603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.31
€ 63.31
Hardback. Come along-let's take a voyage through the boneyard. Num Pages: 360 pages, 192, 192 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: MFC; PSVW; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421483
- ISBN
- 9781421421483
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.92€ 47.39
€ 50.92
€ 47.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: PDX; PSAJ; RBG; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231177801
- ISBN
- 9780231177801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
€ 40.99
€ 29.27
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 454 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691639246
- ISBN
- 9780691639246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 242.75€ 182.16
€ 242.75
€ 182.16
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 934 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651026
- ISBN
- 9780691651026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 414.45€ 317.99
€ 414.45
€ 317.99
Paperback. Provides an approach to the analysis of fossils and sediments for students of palaeontology and sedimentology, offering a practical field guide. This edition has been revised to take into account the changes and advances in the subject over the course of the 1990s. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 189 x 13. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582356252
- ISBN
- 9780582356252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.22
€ 77.22
Paperback. The 'Cradle of Humankind' (COH), bordering Gauteng and the North-West Province in South Africa, was declared a World Heritage Site for the wealth of the human and animal fossils found there. This work aims to provide an overview of the history of the COH, and of the important discoveries that have been made there, for a non-specialist audience. Editor(s): Bonner, Phillip; Esterhuysen, Amanda; Jenkins, Trefor. Num Pages: 420 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HFM; RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144181
- ISBN
- 9781868144181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.09
€ 37.99
€ 34.09