Mammoths, sabertooths, and hominids
Subtitle: 65 million years of mammalian evolution in Europe
By: Jordi Agustí and Mauricio Antón
Contributors: Antón, Mauricio
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
Subjects: Mammals, Fossil -- Europe; Paleontology -- Tertiary; Animals, Fossil -- Europe
Description: "Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids takes us on a journey through 65 million years, from the aftermath of the extinction of the dinosaurs to the glacial climax of the Pleistocene epoch; from the rain forests of the Paleocene and the Eocene, with their lemur-like primates, to the harsh landscape of the Pleistocene steppes, home to the wooly mammoth.

It is also a journey through space, following the migrations of mammal species that evolved on other continents and eventually met to compete or coexist in Cenozoic Europe. Finally, it is a journey through the complexity of mammalian evolution, a review of the changes and adaptations that have allowed mammals to flourish and become the dominant land vertebrates on Earth."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [283]-294) and index