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  • After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    After the Dinosaurs: The Age of Mammals

    Perhaps nudged over the evolutionary cliff by a giant boloid striking the earth, the incredible and fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago (except for their feathered descendants). In their place evolved an enormous variety of land creatures,...
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  • Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology

    One of the leading textbooks in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla. It incorporates current research from biology, ecology, and population genetics, bridging the gap between...
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  • Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology

    One of the leading textbooks in its field, Bringing Fossils to Life applies paleobiological principles to the fossil record while detailing the evolutionary history of major plant and animal phyla. It incorporates current research from biology, ecology, and population genetics, bridging the gap between...
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  • Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters

    Donald R. Prothero's Evolution is an entertaining and rigorous history of the transitional forms and series found in the fossil record. Its engaging narrative of scientific discovery and well-grounded analysis has led to the book's widespread adoption in courses that teach the nature and...
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  • Evolving Earth by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Evolving Earth

    Written by award-winning author Donald R. Prothero, The Evolving Earth provides a lively, engaging tour through 4.5 billion years of earth and life evolution. Completely up-to-date, the book focuses on the evidence for "How do we know what we know?"--explaining how geologists and paleontologists...
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  • Fantastic Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Identifying Prehistoric Life by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Fantastic Fossils: A Guide to Finding and Identifying Prehistoric Life

    Nothing fills us with a sense of wonder like fossils. What looks at first like a simple rock is in fact a clue that reveals the staggering diversity of ancient environments, the winding pathways of evolution, and the majesty of a vanished earth. But...
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  • From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    From Greenhouse to Icehouse: The Marine Eocene-Oligocene Transition

    The marine Eocene-Oligocene transition of 49--34 million years ago was a critical turning point in Earth's climatic history, when the warm, high-diversity "greenhouse" world of the early Eocene ceded to the glacial, "icehouse" conditions of the early Oligocene. This book surveys the advances in...
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  • Giants of the Lost World: Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Monsters of South America by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Giants of the Lost World: Dinosaurs and Other Extinct Monsters of South America

    More than a hundred years ago, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle wrote a novel called The Lost World with the exciting premise that dinosaurs and other prehistoric beasts still ruled in South America. Little did Conan Doyle know, there were terrifying monsters in South America--they...
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  • Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future

    The battles over evolution, climate change, childhood vaccinations, and the causes of AIDS, alternative medicine, oil shortages, population growth, and the place of science in our country--all are reaching a fevered pitch. Many people and institutions have exerted enormous efforts to misrepresent or flatly...
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  • Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Reality Check: How Science Deniers Threaten Our Future

    The battles over evolution, climate change, childhood vaccinations, and the causes of AIDS, alternative medicine, oil shortages, population growth, and the place of science in our country--all are reaching a fevered pitch. Many people and institutions have exerted enormous efforts to misrepresent or flatly...
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  • Rhinoceros Giants: The Paleobiology of Indricotheres by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Rhinoceros Giants: The Paleobiology of Indricotheres

    Written for everyone fascinated by the huge beasts that once roamed the earth, this book introduces the giant hornless rhinoceros, Indricotherium. These massive animals inhabited Asia and Eurasia for more than 14 million years, about 37 to 23 million years ago. They had skulls...
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  • Rhinoceros Giants: The Paleobiology of Indricotheres by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Rhinoceros Giants: The Paleobiology of Indricotheres

    Written for everyone fascinated by the huge beasts that once roamed the earth, this book introduces the giant hornless rhinoceros, Indricotherium. These massive animals inhabited Asia and Eurasia for more than 14 million years, about 37 to 23 million years ago. They had skulls...
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  • The Eocene-Oligocene Transition: Paradise Lost by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Eocene-Oligocene Transition: Paradise Lost

    Describes the Eocene-Oligocene extinctions, an important turning-point in Earth history approximately 40 million years ago, when the first signs of Antarctic glaciation appeared. The text relates how, during a period of global cooling, the planet's climate and vegetation changed dramatically.Author: Donald R. ProtheroISBN-10: 0231080913ISBN-13:...
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  • The Evolution of Artiodactyls by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Evolution of Artiodactyls

    An essential reference for anyone working on artiodactyls.Artiodactyls are diverse and successful hoofed mammals, represented by nearly two hundred living species of pigs, peccaries, hippos, camels, deer, sheep, cattle, giraffes, and other even-toed ungulates.In the recent years, a tremendous amount of research has been...
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  • The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Evolution of North American Rhinoceroses

    First appearing about 40 million years ago in North America, rhinoceroses diversified into an incredible array of taxa, with a variety of ecologies that don't resemble any of the five living species. They ranged from delicate long-legged dog-sized forms, to huge hippo-like forms that...
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  • The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Princeton Field Guide to Prehistoric Mammals

    The ultimate illustrated guide to the lost world of prehistoric mammals After the mass extinction of the dinosaurs 65 million years ago, mammals became the dominant terrestrial life form on our planet. Roaming the earth were spectacular beasts such as saber-toothed cats, giant mastodonts,...
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  • The Story of Earth's Climate in 25 Discoveries: How Scientists Found the Connections Between Climate and Life by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Story of Earth's Climate in 25 Discoveries: How Scientists Found the Connections Between Climate and Life

    Over 4.5 billion years, Earth's climate has transformed tremendously. Before our more temperate recent past, the planet swung from one extreme to another--from a greenhouse world of sweltering temperatures and high sea levels to a "snowball earth" in which glaciers reached the equator. During...
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  • The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It

    The theory of evolution unites the past, present, and future of living things. It puts humanity's place in the universe into necessary perspective. Despite a history of controversy, the evidence for evolution continues to accumulate as a result of many separate strands of amazing...
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  • The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution

    Every fossil tells a story. Best-selling paleontology author Donald R. Prothero describes twenty-five famous, beautifully preserved fossils in a gripping scientific history of life on Earth. Recounting the adventures behind the discovery of these objects and fully interpreting their significance within the larger fossil...
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  • The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Story of Life in 25 Fossils: Tales of Intrepid Fossil Hunters and the Wonders of Evolution

    Every fossil tells a story. Best-selling paleontology author Donald R. Prothero describes twenty-five famous, beautifully preserved fossils in a gripping scientific history of life on Earth. Recounting the adventures behind the discovery of these objects and fully interpreting their significance within the larger fossil...
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  • The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries: Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries: Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them

    Today, any kid can rattle off the names of dozens of dinosaurs. But it took centuries of scientific effort--and a lot of luck--to discover and establish the diversity of dinosaur species we now know. How did we learn that Triceratops had three horns? Why...
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  • The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries: Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Story of the Dinosaurs in 25 Discoveries: Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them

    Today, any kid can rattle off the names of dozens of dinosaurs. But it took centuries of scientific effort--and a lot of luck--to discover and establish the diversity of dinosaur species we now know. How did we learn that Triceratops had three horns? Why...
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  • The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them

    Every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's past. The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geology. In twenty-five chapters--each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon--Donald R. Prothero...
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  • The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks: Tales of Important Geological Puzzles and the People Who Solved Them

    Every rock is a tangible trace of the earth's past. The Story of the Earth in 25 Rocks tells the fascinating stories behind the discoveries that shook the foundations of geology. In twenty-five chapters--each about a particular rock, outcrop, or geologic phenomenon--Donald R. Prothero...
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  • The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    The Terrestrial Eocene-Oligocene Transition in North America

    The transition from the Eocene to the Oligocene epoch, occurring approximately 47 to 30 million years ago, was the most dramatic episode of climatic and biotic change since the demise of the dinosaurs. The mild tropical climates of the Paleocene and early Eocene were...
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  • Ufos, Chemtrails, and Aliens: What Science Says by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Ufos, Chemtrails, and Aliens: What Science Says

    UFOs. Aliens. Strange crop circles. Giant figures scratched in the desert surface along the coast of Peru. The amazing alignment of the pyramids. Strange lines of clouds in the sky. The paranormal is alive and well in the American cultural landscape. In UFOs, Chemtrails,...
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  • Ufos, Chemtrails, and Aliens: What Science Says by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Ufos, Chemtrails, and Aliens: What Science Says

    UFOs. Aliens. Strange crop circles. Giant figures scratched in the desert surface along the coast of Peru. The amazing alignment of the pyramids. Strange lines of clouds in the sky. The paranormal is alive and well in the American cultural landscape. In UFOs, Chemtrails,...
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  • Vertebrate Evolution: From Origins to Dinosaurs and Beyond by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Vertebrate Evolution: From Origins to Dinosaurs and Beyond

    The first vertebrate animals appear in the fossil record over 520 million years ago. These lineages diversified and eventually crept ashore leading to further evolutionary divergence and the appearance of the familiar charismatic vertebrates of today. From the tiniest fishes, diminutive salamanders, and miniaturized...
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  • Weird Earth: Debunking Strange Ideas about Our Planet by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    Weird Earth: Debunking Strange Ideas about Our Planet

    Aliens. Ley lines. Water dowsing. Conspiracies and myths captivate imaginations and promise mystery and magic. Whether it's arguing about the moon landing hoax or a Frisbee-like Earth drifting through space, when held up to science and critical thinking, these ideas fall flat. In Weird...
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  • When Humans Nearly Vanished: The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano by Prothero, Donald R.
    Donald R. Prothero

    When Humans Nearly Vanished: The Catastrophic Explosion of the Toba Volcano

    The fascinating true story of the explosion of the Mount Toba supervolcano--the Earth's largest eruption in the past 28 million years--and its lasting impact on Earth and human evolution Some 73,000 years ago, the huge dome of Mount Toba, in today's Sumatra, Indonesia, began...
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