Written in stone : evolution, the fossil record, and our place in nature /
Switek, Brian.
Written in stone : evolution, the fossil record, and our place in nature / Brian Switek. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Bellevue Literary Press, 2010. - 320 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-303) and index.
Missing links -- The living rock -- Moving mountains -- From fins to fingers -- Footprints and feathers on the sands of time -- The meek inherit the Earth -- As monstrous as a whale -- Behemoth -- On a last leg -- Through the looking glass -- Time and chance.
Proposes that the strides made in paleontology have helped with understanding evolution, and discusses how fossils, prominent scientists, technology, and other factors have each influenced the theory's development.
9781934137291 (pbk.) : 1934137294 (pbk.)
Human evolution.
Fossil hominids.
Fossils.
GN282 / .S85 2010
599.938
Written in stone : evolution, the fossil record, and our place in nature / Brian Switek. - 1st ed. - New York, NY : Bellevue Literary Press, 2010. - 320 p. : ill., map ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [272]-303) and index.
Missing links -- The living rock -- Moving mountains -- From fins to fingers -- Footprints and feathers on the sands of time -- The meek inherit the Earth -- As monstrous as a whale -- Behemoth -- On a last leg -- Through the looking glass -- Time and chance.
Proposes that the strides made in paleontology have helped with understanding evolution, and discusses how fossils, prominent scientists, technology, and other factors have each influenced the theory's development.
9781934137291 (pbk.) : 1934137294 (pbk.)
Human evolution.
Fossil hominids.
Fossils.
GN282 / .S85 2010
599.938