Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids

65 Millions Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe

Jordi Agusti, Mauricio Anton

312 pages, parution le 01/12/2005

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Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids takes us on a journey through 65 million years, from the aftermath of the extinction of the dinosaurs to the glacial climax of the Pleistocene epoch; from the rainforests of the Paleocene and the Eocene, with their lemur-like primates, to the harsh landscape of the Pleistocene steppes, home to the woolly mammoth. It is also a journey through the complexity of mammalian evolution and the changes and adaptations that have allowed mammals to flourish and become the dominant land vertebrates on Earth.

With the benefit of recent advances in geological-and geophysical techniques, Jordi Augusti and Mauricio Anton trace the processes of mammalian evolution as never before, vividly describing and depicting the mammals that roamed the Earth millions-of-y-ears ago. Anton's illustrations magnificently render the evolutionary developments of these extraordinary species as well as their osteology, functional anatomy, and patterns of locomotion and behavior.

L'auteur - Jordi Agusti

Jordi Augusti is director of the Institut de Paleontologia M. Crusafont in Sabadell (Barcelona, Spain).

L'auteur - Mauricio Anton

Mauricio Antón is a paleontological artist based at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid. His work has appeared in National Geographic and Natural History, among other magazines. He has collaborated with the Discovery Channel and the BBC, most recently for the series Walking with Prehistoric Beasts. He is the author, with Jordi Agustí, of Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids (Columbia).

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Preface
The Paleocene: The Dark Epoch
The Eocene: Reaching the Climax
The Oligocene: A Time of Change
The Early to Middle Miocene: When the Continents Collide
The Late Miocene: The Beginning of the Crisis
The Pliocene: The End of a World
The Pleistocene: The Age of Humankind
Bibliography
Index

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Éditeur(s)	Columbia University Press
Auteur(s)	Jordi Agusti, Mauricio Anton
Parution	01/12/2005
Nb. de pages	312
Format	17 x 24,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	586g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780231116411
ISBN13	978-0-231-11641-1