Origins : the search for our prehistoric past / Frank H.T. Rhodes.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor (Author)
Language:English
Published: Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2016.
Subjects:
Evolution (Biology) > Popular works.
Life > Origin > Popular works.
Phylogeny > Popular works.
Evolution (Biology)
Life > Origin.
Phylogeny.
Popular works.
Genre:
Popular works.
Physical Description:xi, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Defrosting the mammoth
  • Terrestrial timepieces
  • From so simple a beginning
  • Classification : the diversity of life
  • Spineless wonders
  • Bones, scales, and fins
  • The greening of the land
  • The amphibian foothold
  • The reign of the reptiles
  • The air
  • The blossoming earth
  • Rise of the mammals
  • The mammalian explosion
  • The Leakeys' legacy
  • Endless forms, most beautiful and most wonderful
  • On extinction
  • Have been and are being evolved : the development of life.