The first detailed, illustrated, and comprehensive review of the fossil record of birds in a modern phylogenetic context. Distinguished palaeontologist Chattergee provides a clear and exciting chronology documenting the long odyssey of birds since Protoavis - which may have taken to the air some 75 million years before the widely known `first bird', Archaeopterix. It discusses ...(展开全部)

A small set of fossilized bones discovered almost thirty years ago led paleontologist Sankar Chatterjee on a lifelong quest to understand their place in our understanding of the history of life. They were clearly the bones of something unusual, a bird-like creature that lived long, long ago in the age of dinosaurs. He called it Protoavis, and the animal that owned these bones q...(展开全部)

For nearly 100 million years amphibians and their ancestors dominated the terrestrial and shallow water environments of the earth. Archaic animals with an amphibious way of life gave rise not only to modern frogs, salamanders, and caecilians but also to the ancestors of reptiles, birds, and mammals. In this landmark publication, one of the leading paleontologists of our time ex...(展开全部)

Marine mammals have long captured the attention of humans. Ancient peoples etched seals and dolphins on the walls of Paleolithic caves; today, engineers develop microprocessors to track these denizens of the deep. This groundbreaking book from highly respected marine mammal paleontologist Annalisa Berta delves into the story of the extraordinary adaptations that gave the world ...(展开全部)

THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, and how this evolution still shapes all our lives today “A page-turning whistle-stop tour of mammalian development that begins in the Jurassic Era, Eve recasts the traditional story of ev...(展开全部)

How did wet nurses drive civilization? Are women always the weaker sex? Is sexism useful for evolution? And are our bodies at war with our babies? In Eve, Cat Bohannon answers questions scientists should have been addressing for decades. With boundless curiosity and sharp wit, she covers the past 200 million years to explain the specific science behind the development of the fe...(展开全部)

女性的身体是如何推动两亿年的人类进化的？?为什么女人比男人长寿？?为什么女性更容易患老年痴呆症？?为什么女孩在每门学科上的成绩都比男孩好，直到青春期，然后她们的成绩突然暴跌？?性别歧视对进化有用吗？?为什么，说真的，为什么女性到了更年期，每晚都要汗流浃背？ 这些问题正在产生一些真正令人兴奋的科学——在《夏娃》中，凯特·博汉农带着无限的好奇心和敏锐的智慧，用过去2亿年的时间来解释女性性别发展背后的具体科学：“我们需要一种女性哺乳动物的使用手册。一本严肃、有力、经过认真研究（但可读性强）的书，讲述了我们是谁。女性的身体是如何进化的，它们是如何工作的，从生物学角度来说，作为一个女人到底意味着什么。一些可以改写女性故事的东西。这本书就是那个故事。我们必须把女性的身体放在照片里。如果我们不这样做，受到损害的就不仅仅是女权主义了。现代医学，神经生物学，古人类学，...(展开全部)

THE REAL ORIGIN OF OUR SPECIES: a myth-busting, eye-opening landmark account of how humans evolved, offering a paradigm shift in our thinking about what the female body is, how it came to be, and how this evolution still shapes all our lives today “A page-turning whistle-stop tour of mammalian development that begins in the Jurassic Era, Eve recasts the traditional story of ev...(展开全部)

Dinosaurs, however toothy, did not rule the earth – and neither do humans. But what were and are the true potentates of our planet? Insects, says Scott Richard Shaw – millions and millions of insects. Starting in the shallow oceans of ancient Earth and ending in the far reaches of outer space – where, Shaw proposes, insect-like aliens may have achieved similar preeminence – Pla...(展开全部)

Dinosaurs, however toothy, did not rule the earth – and neither do humans. But what were and are the true potentates of our planet? Insects, says Scott Richard Shaw – millions and millions of insects. Starting in the shallow oceans of ancient Earth and ending in the far reaches of outer space – where, Shaw proposes, insect-like aliens may have achieved similar preeminence – Pla...(展开全部)