Cover image for Origins : the search for our prehistoric past
Title:
Origins : the search for our prehistoric past
Author:
Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor author.
ISBN:
9781501702440
Physical Description:
xi, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Contents:
Defrosting the mammoth -- Terrestrial timepieces -- From so simple a beginning -- Classification : the diversity of life -- Spineless wonders -- Bones, scales, and fins -- The greening of the land -- The amphibian foothold -- The reign of the reptiles -- The air -- The blossoming earth -- Rise of the mammals -- The mammalian explosion -- The Leakeys' legacy -- Endless forms, most beautiful and most wonderful -- On extinction -- Have been and are being evolved : the development of life.
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