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The Rise of Horses: 55 Million Years of Evolution
Jens Lorenz Franzen
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Description for The Rise of Horses: 55 Million Years of Evolution
Hardback. Accessibly written and featuring full-color photographs and illustrations throughout, The Rise of Horses is the complete chronicle of the evolution of the equids. Translator(s): Brown, Kirsten M. Num Pages: 224 pages, 170, 19 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations, 41 black & white line drawi. BIC Classification: PSAJ; PSVW7. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 262 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 904.
One of the world's leading experts on horse evolution traces the origins, evolution, and diversification of the equines. Long domesticated, related to rhinoceroses, and descended from a creature the size of a hare, horses are a fascinating study in evolution. Jens Franzen's account explores the early evolution and eventual diversification of horse anatomy to explain how and why these once widespread and varied mammals became the common horses, zebras, and asses we know today. Beginning with their evolutionary rise roughly 55 million years ago, Franzen traces a history etched in fossils. He explains how improving body construction and energy ... Read more
One of the world's leading experts on horse evolution traces the origins, evolution, and diversification of the equines. Long domesticated, related to rhinoceroses, and descended from a creature the size of a hare, horses are a fascinating study in evolution. Jens Franzen's account explores the early evolution and eventual diversification of horse anatomy to explain how and why these once widespread and varied mammals became the common horses, zebras, and asses we know today. Beginning with their evolutionary rise roughly 55 million years ago, Franzen traces a history etched in fossils. He explains how improving body construction and energy ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
Baltimore, MD, United States
ISBN
9780801893735
SKU
V9780801893735
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About Jens Lorenz Franzen
Jens Lorenz Franzen is the former head of the Department of Paleoanthropology and Quartenary Paleontology at Senckenberg Natural History Museum in Frankfurt, Germany. He has published hundreds of articles on fossils and evolution and is widely recognized as a leading expert on horse evolution.
Reviews for The Rise of Horses: 55 Million Years of Evolution
Overall, a useful popular book for the intended audience. Choice 2010 Goff combines teaching and research to create a novel way of looking at athletics. Choice 2010 A comprehensive account, with full-coloured photographs and clear drawings that are very useful for teachers and students.
Evelyne Bremond-Hoslet & Christian Denys Mammalia 2011
Evelyne Bremond-Hoslet & Christian Denys Mammalia 2011