Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids by Jordi Agustí

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. 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. 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. 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.

Mammoths, Sabertooths and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe by Jordi Agusti and. 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. This work reviews the main questions surrounding the evolution of the genus Homo, such as its origin, the problem of variability in Homo. Alan Walker and Pat Shipman, The Ape in the Tree. Choose from Same Day Delivery, Drive Up or Order Pickup. Columbia University Press, New York, 2002. Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe by Agustí, Jordi Antón, Mauricio and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. 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. Read reviews and buy Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids - by Jordi Agust & Mauricio Antn (Paperback) at Target. Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe.

Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids by Jordi Agustí