Origins
Subtitle: the search for our prehistoric past
By: Frank H.T. Rhodes
Publisher: Comstock Publishing Associates; Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 326
ISBN-13: 9781501702440; 9780501702443
Subjects: Origin; Popular works; Evolution (Biology); Phylogeny; Life
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312) and index.
Table of contents: title: Defrosting the mammoth; title: Terrestrial timepieces; title: From so simple a beginning; title: Classification : the diversity of life; title: Spineless wonders; title: Bones, scales, and fins: the early vertebrates; title: The greening of the land; title: The amphibian foothold; title: The reign of the reptiles; title: The air; title: The blossoming earth; title: Rise of the mammals; title: The mammalian explosion; title: The Leakeys' legacy; title: Endless forms, most beautiful and most wonderful; title: On extinction; title: Have been and are being evolved : the development of life.