{"product_id":"paleontology-ian-tattersall-9781599473420","title":"Paleontology: A Brief History of Life","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"Endlessly absorbing and informative. It would be hard to imagine a better introduction to this most important and fascinating field.\"--Bill Bryson, author of \u003ci\u003eA Short History of Nearly Everything\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003ePaleontology: A Brief History of Life\u003c\/i\u003e is the fifth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief tours of their respective specialties. In this volume, Ian Tattersall, a highly esteemed figure in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and paleontology, leads a fascinating tour of the history of life and the evolution of human beings. Starting at the very beginning, Tattersall examines patterns of change in the biosphere over time, and the correlations of biological events with physical changes in the Earth's environment. He introduces the complex of evolutionary processes, situates human beings in the luxuriant diversity of Life (demonstrating that however remarkable we may legitimately find ourselves to be, we are the product of the same basic forces and processes that have driven the evolutionary histories of all other creatures), and he places the origin of our extraordinary spiritual sensibilities in the context of the exaptational and emergent acquisition of symbolic cognition and thought. Concise and yet comprehensive, historically penetrating and yet up-to-date, responsibly factual and yet engaging, \u003ci\u003ePaleontology\u003c\/i\u003e serves as the perfect entr馥 to science's greatest story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ian Tattersall\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1599473429\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781599473420\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Templeton Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 232\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2010\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eScitech Book News\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2010 pg. 46","brand":"Ian Tattersall","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43938587803903,"sku":"9781599473420","price":22.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_841eafbe-a88a-43a7-aec4-b5c6004163a7.jpg?v=1681436573","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/paleontology-ian-tattersall-9781599473420","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}