Evolving Eden
Subtitle: An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large Mammal Fauna
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: October 2004
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 269
ISBN-13: 9780231119443
Subjects: Evolution; Mammals; Science; Science/Mathematics; Africa; Life Sciences - Evolution; Life Sciences - Zoology - Mammals; Paleontology; Science / Paleontology; Earth Sciences - General; General; Pictorial works
First sentence: AFRICA IS HOME TO MORE THAN 1100 mammal species, or around one-quarter of the total diversity of living mammalian life.
Description: "This illustrated guide examines the evolution of the mammalian fauna of Africa within the context of dramatic changes over the course of more than 30 million years of primate presence."--Jacket.