TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carroll,Sean B.
TI  - Remarkable creatures: epic adventures in the search for the origins of species 
SN  - 9780547247786 (pbk.)
U1  - 508 
PY  - 2009///
CY  - New York
PB  - Mariner Books
KW  - Evolution (Biology)
KW  - Naturalists
N2  - 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
ER  -