The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It, Hardcover - Donald R. Prothero

The theory of evolution unites the past, present, and future of living things. It puts humanity's place in the universe into necessary perspective....

DescriptionToday, any kid can rattle off the names of dozens of dinosaurs. But it took centuries of scientific effort--and a lot of luck--to discov...

In The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries, Donald R. Prothero tells the fascinating stories behind the most important fossil finds and the in...

Every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's past. The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that sh...

Every fossil tells a story. Best-selling paleontology author Donald R. Prothero describes twenty-five famous, beautifully preserved fossils in a gr...

Donald R. Prothero's Evolution is an entertaining and rigorous history of the transitional forms and series found in the fossil record. Its engagin...

Publisher: Smithsonian BooksAuthor(s): Donald R. (Donald R. Prothero) ProtheroNumber of pages: 192Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 152 x 229 x 14C...

After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Roaming the earth...

The first vertebrate animals appear in the fossil record over 520 million years ago. These lineages diversified and eventually crept ashore leading...

The fascinating true story of the explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano--the Earth's largest eruption in the past 28 million years--and its last...

DescriptionNothing fills us with a sense of wonder like fossils. What looks at first like a simple rock is in fact a clue that reveals the staggeri...

This edited volume provides readers with a deeper knowledge of the growth of personality assessment in North America over the past 40 years through...

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Reducere. Written by award-winning author Donald R. Prothero, The Evolving Earth provides a lively, engaging tour through 4.5 billion years of earth and life...

Reducere. This book looks at the Kirtland's warbler and wildlife conservation in a way that no other book has. It looks back on the history of this unique bi...

DescriptionAncient Egypt wasn't all pyramids, sphinxes and gold sarcophagi. For your average Egyptian, life was tough, and work was hard, conducted...

Reducere. Mary Anning was only twelve years old when, in 1811, she discovered the first dinosaur skeleton--of an ichthyosaur--while fossil hunting on the cli...

Reducere. Description"I knew people were finding stuff with their metal detectors, but I had no idea they were finding treasures like this Absolutely incredi...

Both authors have created this textbook to show students how sedimentary strata serves geologists as a continuous record of Earth's history. Writte...

Reducere. And They Said It Wasn't Possible relates the true stories of people who suffered with Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, irritable bowel difficul...

Have you ever wondered what it was like to live and work in Egypt, the most powerful kingdom of the ancient world? Spend a day with 24 Egyptians to...

Spend a year in the company of the ancient Egyptians, during the twenty-sixth and final year of the reign of Amenhotep II (c.1400 BC), which saw a ...

Reducere. The first definitive oral history of the ever popular L.A. Lakers The L.A. Lakers have long been one of the NBA's most exciting teams. In The Show,...

Reducere. Can We Map Success? Successful people typically don't plan their success. Instead they develop a unique philosophy or attitude that works for them....

Reducere. The Widow Clicquot is the New York Times bestselling business biography of the visionary young widow who built a champagne empire, became a legend ...

Reducere. American Antiquities, And Discoveries In The West: Being An Exhibition Of The Evidence That An Ancient Population Of Partiallly Civilized Nations, ...

Reducere. Ward McAllister was a gentlemen living in the mid-to-late 19th century; this is his commentary of the high society of the time, the parties and soc...

Reducere. A Captivating Account of the Golden Age of Piracy, the Search for Sunken Treasure, and the Business of Underwater ExplorationBored by his successfu...

DescriptionThrough the story of Tamara, an abused Native American girl, North Dakota Senator Byron Dorgan tells the story of the many children livi...

Although an upbeat and positive novel, this book has a timeless message: during part of the nineteenth century and throughout the entire twentieth ...

Reducere. An extraordinary and delightful true story. Tama was a homeless cat who lived in Japan. Her loving nature, goodwill and loyalty saved a railway com...

In Fantastic Fossils, Donald R. Prothero offers an accessible, entertaining, and richly illustrated guide to the paleontologist's journey. He detai...

Reducere. A moving, delightful collection of stories that celebrate the canine-human bond. In this heart-warming work, we reunite with the lovable rescue dog...

A fascinating account of Darwin's groundbreaking work on fossils, richly illustrated with special photography and accurate reconstructions.