A revision of our bestselling Historical Geology textbook, this edition is now being co-authored by Donald Prothero. Completely revised and updated, this edition is now available in full color. New sections include Origin of Life and Metazoans, Human Evolution, and a section on Paleozoic Life.

Evolution of the Earth

Science & Math

Prothero, Donald R.

Dott, Robert H., Jr.

Earth Sciences

Mcgraw-Hill College

Would you like to go beyond a focus on taxonomy and anatomy of major phyla of fossil invertebrates and include some of the exciting ideas of paleobiology? This book, by noted author Donald R. Prothero, is the first to combine paleobiology with paleontology topics. Written in a manner that will not intimidate, this is an accessible text for students with limited backgrounds in geology or biology. Current ideas from modern biology, ecology, population genetics, and many other concepts will be applied to the study of the fossil record.

Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology

Biological Sciences

McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math.

This is the first text to combine both paleontology and paleobiology. Traditional textbooks treat these separately, despite the recent trend to combine them in teaching. It bridges the gap between purely theoretical paleobiology and purely descriptive invertebrate paleontology books. The text is targeted at undergraduate geology and biology majors, with the emphasis on organisms, rather than dead objects to be described and catalogued. Current ideas from modern biology, ecology, population genetics, and many other concepts will be applied to the study of the fossil record.

McGraw-Hill Science Engineering

"Evolution of the Earth" reveals the logical framework of geology, shows relations of the science to the totality of human knowledge, and gives some idea of what it is to be a participant in the discipline. In keeping with the preference for a "How do we know?" rather than "What do we know?" approach, the authors stress what assumptions are made by earth historians, what kinds of evidence (and tools for gathering that evidence), and what processes of reasoning and limitations of hypotheses are involved in reconstructing and interpreting the past.
Each chapter begins with a list of highlights entitled "Major Concepts". Many chapters have a summary timeline that puts the entire sequence of events into a quick visual reference frame. The use of dioramas and reconstructions of extinct animals and plants has been greatly expanded, so that students can get a more vivid concept of typical life in any part of the geologic past. In many places, the authors have supplied a full page of color photos of classic fossils from each period to improve the visual recognition of the organisms that give life its distinctive history. The areas of hottest controversy, such as mass extinctions, dinosaur endothermy, the origin of life, and controversies over late Proterozoic tectonics and glaciation, have been given separate sections so that students can appreciate the different sides of the debates.

Evolution of The Earth

Prothero,Donald

Dott, Jr., Robert H.

Dott, Robert

The Evolving Earth

Written by award-winning author Donald R. Prothero, The Evolving Earth provides a lively, engaging tour through 4.5 billion years of earth and life evolution. Completely up-to-date, the book focuses on the evidence for "How do we know what we know?"--explaining how geologists and paleontologists developed our knowledge about the ancient past--rather than focusing on memorization. While covering the conventional topics of earth history, The Evolving Earth also offers an in-depth discussion of the Big Bang theory and the origin of the universe and solar system; an entire chapter on human evolution; and coverage of topics like climate change, the Anthropocene, and possible future scenarios for the earth. Prothero explains topics in terms of the "human interest" stories of the people who made these discoveries, and how they came to understand key evidence about earth and life history. Featuring unique paleogeographic maps of particular time intervals, integrated with photographs of the actual outcrops on which the map reconstruction is based, the book also includes a full appendix--suitable for use in labs on fossils--providing background to the major groups of fossils.

Oxford University Press

Kurten challenges the idea that man descended from apes and suggest instead that the ancestry of man and that of apes have been separate for more than 35 million years.

The Eocene-Oligocene Transition

Columbia University Press

Pp. xvii, (1), 291; numerous text-figures (maps, black-and-white photos, half-tone plates, fine line-drawings, geological diagrams). Original purple stiff wrappers, lettered in white on the spine, and with pictorial images in white on the front and rear covers, 8vo. From the series: Critical Moments in Paleobiology and Earth History. This volume documents a fascinating story of extinctions that occurred 40-34 million years ago. It was a pivotal moment in earth history: the first signs of the Antarctic glaciation appeared and the world underwent a transition from the warm, equable Cretaceous-Paleogene "greenhouse" to its present "icehouse" state. No ownership marks and no signs of use.

Columbia Univ. Pr.

Describes the Eocene-Oligocene extinctions, an important turning-point in Earth history approximately 40 million years ago, when the first signs of Antarctic glaciation appeared. The text relates how, during a period of global cooling, the planet's climate and vegetation changed dramatically.

The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789–1800 is a multivolume series drawing together a body of documents, from the National Archives and dozens of other repositories, that chronicles the life of the Court in its first decade. For any scholar interested in the development of the federal judicial system, this series stands as a crucial resource. The present volume deals with suits the Supreme Court decided in 1796 and 1797, including such landmark constitutional cases as Ware v. Hylton,Hylton v. United States, and Olney v. Arnold/Olney v. Dexter. In these years the Court laid the foundation for its authority to exercise judicial review, and for the first time the justices overturned the decision of a state's highest court. Two attorneys who appeared before the Court in this period were Alexander Hamilton and John Marshall. Introductory narratives and extensive annotation provide context for the wealth of documents included in this volume. Taken from official court records, as well as related correspondence, lawyers' notes, justices' notes and opinions, newspaper commentary, and pamphlets, these documents provide critical material with which to assess the inception of federal court practice and procedure. Acclaim for the series "A model of modern scholarly editing."―The Journal of American History "[The series] is striking and remarkable for its quantity and quality of sources and its annotations."―Choice "An outstanding contribution to scholarship."―Constitutional Commentary Other volumes available in The Documentary History of the Supreme Court of the United States, 1789–1800 series: Volume I: Appointments and Proceedings (Part 1), 0-231-08867-1; Commentaries on Appointments and Proceedings (Part 2), Co-edited by James R. Perry, 0-231-04552-2; Volume II: The Justices on Circuit, 1790–1794, 0-231-08869-8; Volume III: The Justices on Circuit, 1795–1800, 0-231-08870-1 ; Volume IV: Organizing the Federal Judiciary: Legislation and Commentaries, 0-231-08871-X; Volume V: Suits Against States, 0-231-08872-8; Volume VI: Cases: 1790–1795, 0-231-08873-6

Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters

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Evolution of the Earth

Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology

Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology

Evolution of The Earth

The Evolving Earth

The Evolving Earth

The Eocene-Oligocene Transition

The Eocene-Oligocene Transition

The Eocene-Oligocene Transition

Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters