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Ground sloths --- -Paleontology --- -Fossilogy --- Fossilology --- Palaeontology --- Paleontology, Zoological --- Paleozoology --- Historical geology --- Zoology --- Fossils --- Prehistoric animals in motion pictures --- Sloths, Fossil --- Xenarthra, Fossil --- -Ground sloths --- Paleontology --- Fossilogy --- Miocene Epoch
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Mammals first evolved at about the same time as dinosaurs, and their story is perhaps the more fascinating of the two-in part because it is also our own story. In this literate and entertaining book, eminent naturalist David Rains Wallace brings the saga of ancient mammals to a general audience for the first time. Using artist Rudolph Zallinger's majestic The Age of Mammals mural at the Peabody Museum as a frame for his narrative, Wallace deftly moves over varied terrain-drawing from history, science, evolutionary theory, and art history-to present a lively account of fossil discoveries and an overview of what those discoveries have revealed about early mammals and their evolution. In these pages we encounter towering mammoths, tiny horses, giant-clawed ground sloths, whales with legs, uintatheres, zhelestids, and other exotic extinct creatures as well as the scientists who discovered and wondered about their remains. We meet such memorable figures as Georges Cuvier, Richard Owen, Edward D. Cope, George Gaylord Simpson, and Stephen Jay Gould and learn of their heated disputes, from Cuvier's and Owen's fights with early evolutionists to present controversies over the Late Cretaceous mass extinction. Wallace's own lifelong interest in evolution is reflected in the book's evocative and engaging style and in the personal experiences he expertly weaves into the tale, providing an altogether expansive perspective on what Darwin described as the "grandeur" of evolution.
Mammals --- Mammals, Fossil. --- Amniotes, Fossil --- Vertebrates, Fossil --- Evolution. --- ancient mammals. --- art history. --- controversial. --- dawn horses. --- early mammals. --- evolution. --- evolutionary biology. --- evolutionary history. --- evolutionary science. --- evolutionary theory. --- evolutionists. --- exotic creatures. --- extinct animals. --- fossils. --- historians. --- historical. --- late cretaceous period. --- life sciences. --- mammal evolution. --- mammals. --- mass extinction. --- natural history. --- naturalists. --- nonfiction. --- paleontology. --- richard owen. --- sloths. --- walking whales. --- zhelestids. --- zoology.
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The vast terrain between Panama and Tierra del Fuego contains some of the world's richest mammalian fauna, but until now it has lacked a comprehensive systematic reference to the identification, distribution, and taxonomy of its mammals. The first such book of its kind and the inaugural volume in a three-part series, Mammals of South America both summarizes existing information and encourages further research of the mammals indigenous to the region. Containing identification keys and brief descriptions of each order, family, and genus, the first vol
Mammals --- Eutheria --- Mammalia --- Mammalians --- Prototheria --- Theria --- Vertebrates --- Geographical distribution. --- mammals, marsupials, xenarthrans, bats, shrews, biology, biologists, biological, wildlife, panama, mammalian fauna, tierra del fuego, identification, distribution, taxonomy, south america, indigenous species, family, genus, armadillos, sloths, anteaters, subspecies, natural history, conservation, conservational work, zoology, mammalogy, classification, tropical.
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Long after the extinction of dinosaurs, when humans were still in the stone age, woolly rhinos, mammoths, mastodons, sabertooth cats, giant ground sloths, and many other spectacular large animals that are no longer with us roamed the Earth. These animals are regarded as “Pleistocene megafauna,” named for the geological era in which they lived—also known as the Ice Age. In Vanished Giants: The Lost World of the Ice Age, paleontologist Anthony J. Stuart explores the lives and environments of these animals, moving between six continents and several key islands. Stuart examines the animals themselves via what we’ve learned from fossil remains, and he describes the landscapes, climates, vegetation, ecological interactions, and other aspects of the animals’ existence. Illustrated throughout, Vanished Giants also offers a picture of the world as it was tens of thousands of years ago when these giants still existed. Unlike the case of the dinosaurs, there was no asteroid strike to blame for the end of their world. Instead, it appears that the giants of the Ice Age were driven to extinction by climate change, human activities—especially hunting—or both. Drawing on the latest evidence provided by radiocarbon dating, Stuart discusses these possibilities. The extinction of Ice Age megafauna can be seen as the beginning of the so-called Sixth Extinction, which is happening right now. This has important implications for understanding the likely fate of present-day animals in the face of contemporary climate change and vastly increasing human populations.
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Zoology --- Mammals --- Zoologie --- Periodicals --- Périodiques --- Mammals. --- Zoology. --- Dierkunde. --- Säugetiere. --- Poland. --- Life Sciences --- Périodiques --- EPUB-ALPHA-A EPUB-PER-FT SPRINGER-E --- Mammalia --- Säuger --- Eutheria --- Mammalians --- Prototheria --- Theria --- Mammal --- 1939-1945 --- Būlūniyā --- Congress Kingdom of Poland --- Congress Poland --- Kingdom of Poland --- Kongresówka --- Królestwo Kongresowe Polskie --- Królestwo Polskie --- Lahistān --- Lehastan --- P.N.R. --- P.R.L. --- PNR --- Poland --- Polen --- Polin --- Polish Commonwealth --- Polish People's Republic --- Polish Republic --- Poljska --- Pologne --- Polonia --- Polonyah --- Polʹsha --- Polska --- Polska Rzeczpospolita Ludowa --- Polʹskai︠a︡ Narodnai︠a︡ Respublika --- Polsko --- Poyln --- Ppolsŭkka --- PRL --- Republic of Poland --- République populaire de Pologne --- Rzeczpospolita Polska --- T︠S︡arstvo Polʹskoe --- Warsaw --- Säugetiere --- Mammifères --- Mammologie --- Biology --- Natural history --- Animals --- Vertebrates --- Europe --- Būlūniy --- Polʹskai͡a Narodnai͡a Respublika --- T͡Sarstvo Polʹskoe --- Warsaw (Duchy) --- A' Phòlainn --- An Pholainn --- Borandi --- Bu̇gėdė Naĭramdakha Polʹsho Ulas --- Būland --- Bupolska --- Bupoolo --- Commonwealth of Poland --- Crown of the Kingdom of Poland and the Grand Duchy of Lithuania --- Gweriniaeth Gwlad Pwyl --- Gwlad Pwyl --- IPoland --- IPolandi --- Kunngiitsuuffik Poleni --- Lehastani Hanrapetutʻyun --- Lengyel Köztársaság --- Lengyelország --- Lenkija --- Lenkijos Respublika --- Lýðveldið Pólland --- Pho-lân --- Pho-lân Kiōng-hô-kok --- Pholainn --- Pholynn --- Pô-làn --- Poalen --- Pobblaght ny Polynn --- Poblachd na Pòlainn --- Poblacht na Polainne --- Poin --- Polaki --- Polaland --- Polandia --- Pōlani --- Pole --- Poleni --- Polija --- Polijas Republika --- Polisce Cynewise --- Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth --- Pólland --- Pollando --- P'olland --- Polóña --- Poloni --- Poloniako Errepublika --- Polonie --- Polonya --- Polonye --- Poloonya --- Polòy --- Polşa --- Polşa Respublikası --- Polsca --- Polʹsha Mastor --- Polʹshæ --- Polʹshæĭy Respublikæ --- Polʹshcha --- Polsh --- Polʹshin Orn --- Polʹsho --- Polská republika --- Polskas --- Pòlskô Repùblika --- Pol'šu --- Poola --- Poola Vabariik --- Pulandia --- Pulógna --- Puluña --- Puoleja --- Puolejis Republika --- Repubblica di Polonia --- República de Polonia --- Republica de Polsca --- Republiek van Pole --- Republik Pole --- Republik Polen --- Republika Poljska --- Republika Polsha --- Republiḳat Polin --- Republikken Polen --- République de Pologne --- Repúbrica de Poloña --- Rėspublika Polʹshcha --- Respubliko Pollando --- Ripablik kya Bupoolo --- Ripublik Pulandia --- Ripublika Puluña --- Tavakuairetã Polóña --- Yn Pholynn --- Säuger --- Säugetier --- General Government for Occupied Polish Territories --- mammals. --- vertebrates --- asses --- badgers --- cats --- dingoes --- dogs --- ferrets --- foxes --- hares --- humans --- jackals --- marine mammals --- mink --- moles --- monkeys --- opossums --- possums --- rabbits --- rodents --- shrews --- skunks --- sloths --- small mammals --- ungulates --- wolves --- laboratory mammals --- mammal repellents --- mammalogy --- Wirbeltiere
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