Jordi Agusti, Mauricio Anton

Broschiertes Buch

Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids

65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe

Beschreibung

This book covers mammalian evolution from the aftermath of the dinosaur extinction to the glacial climax of the Pleistocene epoch, from early lemur-like primates to giant cold-climate adapted mega-mammals, such as the woolly mammoth or mastodon.

Autor

Jordi Agustí is ICREA Research Professor at the Institut de Paleoecologia Humana in Tarragona, Spain. He is a prominent specialist in fossil mammalian faunas of Europe, having conducted a number of European projects as well as field campaigns in Spain, Georgia, and northern Africa. Mauricio Antón is a paleontological artist based at the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid. His work has appeared in National Geographic and Natural History. He has collaborated with the Discovery Channel and the BBC, most recently for the program "Sabretooth" and the series Walking with Prehistoric Beasts.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Columbia University Press
• Seitenzahl: 328
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 248mm x 174mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 804g
• ISBN-13: 9780231116411
• ISBN-10: 0231116411
• Artikelnr.: 21547008