Origins : the search for our prehistoric past /
Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor,
Origins : the search for our prehistoric past / Frank H.T. Rhodes. - Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Origins; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Defrosting the Mammoth; 2. Terrestrial Timepieces; 3. "From So Simple a Beginning"; 4. Classification: The Diversity of Life; 5. Spineless Wonders; 6. Bone, Scales, and Fins: The Early Vertebrates; 7. The Greening of the Land; 8. The Amphibian Foothold; 9. The Reign of the Reptiles; 10. The Air; 11. The Blossoming Earth; 12. The Rise of the Mammals; 13. The Mammalian Explosion; 14. The Leakeys' Legacy; 15. "Endless Forms, Most Beautiful and Most Wonderful"; 16. On Extinction; 17. "Have Been and Are Being Evolved": The Development of Life EpilogueNotes; Glossary; Related Reading; Index
9781501706233
Evolution (Biology)--Popular works.
Life--Origin--Popular works.
Phylogeny--Popular works.
Electronic Books.
QH367 / .O754 2016
Origins : the search for our prehistoric past / Frank H.T. Rhodes. - Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, (c)2016. - 1 online resource.
Includes bibliographies and index.
Origins; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1. Defrosting the Mammoth; 2. Terrestrial Timepieces; 3. "From So Simple a Beginning"; 4. Classification: The Diversity of Life; 5. Spineless Wonders; 6. Bone, Scales, and Fins: The Early Vertebrates; 7. The Greening of the Land; 8. The Amphibian Foothold; 9. The Reign of the Reptiles; 10. The Air; 11. The Blossoming Earth; 12. The Rise of the Mammals; 13. The Mammalian Explosion; 14. The Leakeys' Legacy; 15. "Endless Forms, Most Beautiful and Most Wonderful"; 16. On Extinction; 17. "Have Been and Are Being Evolved": The Development of Life EpilogueNotes; Glossary; Related Reading; Index
9781501706233
Evolution (Biology)--Popular works.
Life--Origin--Popular works.
Phylogeny--Popular works.
Electronic Books.
QH367 / .O754 2016