Remarkable creatures : epic adventures in the search for the origins of species /
Carroll, Sean B., 1960-
Remarkable creatures : epic adventures in the search for the origins of species / Sean B. Carroll. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. - xix, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-311) and Index.
A mixture of spirit and deed
Introduction: Humboldt's gifts
1: The making of a theory
Reverend Darwin's detour
Drawing a line between monkeys and kangaroos
Life imitates life
2: The loveliest bones
Java man
To the big bang, on horseback
Where the dragon laid her eggs
The day the mesozoic died
Dinosaurs of a feather
It's a fishapod!
3: The natural history of humans
Journey to the Stone Age
Clocks, trees, and H-bombs
CSI: Neander Valley
Afterword: the shape of things to come
An award-wining biologist explores the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on Earth--from the epic journeys of pioneering naturalists to the breakthroughs making headlines today
9780151014859 015101485X
Evolution (Biology)--History.
Naturalists--Travel--History.
Evolución (Biología)--Historia
Naturalistas --Viajes --Historia
Evolution (biologie)--Histoire.
Naturalistes--Voyages--Histoire.
QH 361 / C319r 2009
508
Remarkable creatures : epic adventures in the search for the origins of species / Sean B. Carroll. - Boston : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2009. - xix, 331 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (pages [287]-311) and Index.
A mixture of spirit and deed
Introduction: Humboldt's gifts
1: The making of a theory
Reverend Darwin's detour
Drawing a line between monkeys and kangaroos
Life imitates life
2: The loveliest bones
Java man
To the big bang, on horseback
Where the dragon laid her eggs
The day the mesozoic died
Dinosaurs of a feather
It's a fishapod!
3: The natural history of humans
Journey to the Stone Age
Clocks, trees, and H-bombs
CSI: Neander Valley
Afterword: the shape of things to come
An award-wining biologist explores the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on Earth--from the epic journeys of pioneering naturalists to the breakthroughs making headlines today
9780151014859 015101485X
Evolution (Biology)--History.
Naturalists--Travel--History.
Evolución (Biología)--Historia
Naturalistas --Viajes --Historia
Evolution (biologie)--Histoire.
Naturalistes--Voyages--Histoire.
QH 361 / C319r 2009
508