2002, ISBN: 9780231116404

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition, As Stated. Large octavo, red cloth, gilt letters and stamped decoration to uppper cover, uncut, xviii, 510, xiv pp. Illustrated. Very … Mehr…

New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1946. First Edition, As Stated. Large octavo, red cloth, gilt letters and stamped decoration to uppper cover, uncut, xviii, 510, xiv pp. Illustrated. Very Good, with fading to spine, bumped corners. Contents: The Animal Tale -- A History and Analysis; The Forests of Guinea; Mauretania; The Mediterranean; Temperate Europe; The British Isles; The European Tundras; The Arctic; The Canadian Pine Forests; The Great Lakes Region; The Depths of the Ocean; Warm Temperate North America; The West; Central America; Amazonia; The Andean Puna; The Argentine Pampas; The Antarctic; Astralia; The East Indies; The Isles of Nippon; Siberian Frozen Lands; The Chinese Hinterland; The Tibetan Alps; India; The Deserts of Persia; European Russia; Egypt; The Plains of East Africa; An Oceanic Island; The South African Veld; The Congo Basin; Epilogue -- The Death of the Moon; Index., Alfred A. Knopf, 1946., 1946, 0, New York: Columbia University Press, 2002. Hardcover. Very good/very good. Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7 1/4". x, 313pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in blue paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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 rain forests 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 space, following the migrations of mammal species that evolved on other continents and eventually met to compete or coexist in Cenozoic Europe. Finally, it is a journey through the complexity of mammalian evolution, a review of 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 Agustí and Mauricio Antón are able to trace the processes of mammalian evolution as never before; events that hitherto appeared synchronous or at least closely related can now be distinguished on a scale of hundreds or even dozens of thousands of years, revealing the dramatic importance of climactic changes both major and minor. Evolutionary developments are rendered in magnificent illustrations of the many extraordinary species that once inhabited Europe, detailing their osteology, functional anatomy, and inferred patterns of locomotion and behavior. Based on the latest research and field work, Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids transforms our understanding of how mammals evolved and changed the face of the planet.(Publisher)., Columbia University Press, 2002, 3<

2002, ISBN: 0231116403

[EAN: 9780231116404], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Columbia University Press, New York], Jacket, Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7 1/4". x, 313pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jac… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780231116404], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Columbia University Press, New York], Jacket, Hardcover. 10 1/4" X 7 1/4". x, 313pp. Book presents nicely with unclipped dust jacket wrapped in protective archival sleeve. Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of jacket. Bound in blue paper over boards with spine lettered in gilt. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is sound. ABOUT THIS BOOK: 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 rain forests 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 space, following the migrations of mammal species that evolved on other continents and eventually met to compete or coexist in Cenozoic Europe. Finally, it is a journey through the complexity of mammalian evolution, a review of 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 Agustí and Mauricio Antón are able to trace the processes of mammalian evolution as never before; events that hitherto appeared synchronous or at least closely related can now be distinguished on a scale of hundreds or even dozens of thousands of years, revealing the dramatic importance of climactic changes both major and minor. Evolutionary developments are rendered in magnificent illustrations of the many extraordinary species that once inhabited Europe, detailing their osteology, functional anatomy, and inferred patterns of locomotion and behavior. Based on the latest research and field work, Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids transforms our understanding of how mammals evolved and changed the face of the planet.(Publisher)., Books<