Remarkable creatures :
Carroll, Sean B.
Remarkable creatures : epic adventures in the search for the origins of species / Sean B. Carroll. - New York : Mariner Books 2009. - xix, 331 p. : ill., maps ;
A mixture of spirit and deed -- Introduction: Humboldt's gifts -- 1: The making of a theory -- Reverend Darwin's detour -- Drawing a line between monkeys and kangaroos -- Life imitates life -- 2: The loveliest bones -- Java man -- To the big bang, on horseback -- Where the dragon laid her eggs -- The day the mesozoic died -- Dinosaurs of a feather -- It's a fishapod! -- 3: The natural history of humans -- Journey to the Stone Age -- Clocks, trees, and H-bombs -- CSI: Neander Valley -- Afterword: the shape of things to come. An award-wining biologist explores the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on Earth--from the epic journeys of pioneering naturalists to the breakthroughs making headlines today.
9780547247786 (pbk.) 0547247788 (pbk.) :
Evolution (Biology)
Naturalists
508
Remarkable creatures : epic adventures in the search for the origins of species / Sean B. Carroll. - New York : Mariner Books 2009. - xix, 331 p. : ill., maps ;
A mixture of spirit and deed -- Introduction: Humboldt's gifts -- 1: The making of a theory -- Reverend Darwin's detour -- Drawing a line between monkeys and kangaroos -- Life imitates life -- 2: The loveliest bones -- Java man -- To the big bang, on horseback -- Where the dragon laid her eggs -- The day the mesozoic died -- Dinosaurs of a feather -- It's a fishapod! -- 3: The natural history of humans -- Journey to the Stone Age -- Clocks, trees, and H-bombs -- CSI: Neander Valley -- Afterword: the shape of things to come. An award-wining biologist explores the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on Earth--from the epic journeys of pioneering naturalists to the breakthroughs making headlines today.
9780547247786 (pbk.) 0547247788 (pbk.) :
Evolution (Biology)
Naturalists
508