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1	Fossils more books like this by Cyril Alexander Walker, David Ward add to wishlist Authoritative text crystal - clear photography and a systematic approach make the "Dorling Kindersley Handbook of Fossils" the most comprehensive and concise pocket to fossils of the world. Packed with more than 1 000 full-colour photographs of over 500 species, this handbook is designed to cut through the complicated identification process and ... see all copies from £1.24! new only from £10.59!
2	Wonderful Life: The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History more books like this by Stephen Jay Gould add to wishlist Centres on a sensational discovery in the field of palaeontology - the existence in the Burgess Shale of 530-million-year-old-fossils, unique in age, preservation and diversity. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £8.64! \| first editions
3	The Great Human Diasporas: The History of Diversity and Evolution more books like this by Luigi Luca Cavalli-Sforza, Francesco Cavalli-Sforza add to wishlist Based on over 30 years of his research, Luigi Cavalli-Sforza recounts what is known about human evolution. He adopts an accessible style and ends with a prediction about the genetic future of mankind and the likely results of the Human Genome Project. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £9.57! \| first editions
4	The Earth Through Time more books like this by Harold L Levin add to wishlist This best-selling historical geology text provides geologists with an excellent balance of basic geology and paleontology. The ninth edition presents rich, authoritative coverage of the history of the Earth, offering the most comprehensive history in the discipline today. It maintains its strong approach to stratigraphy and paleontology that other ... see all copies from £2.49! new only from £2.49! \| first editions
5	The Jesuit and the Skull: Teilhard de Chardin, Evolution, and the Search for Peking Man more books like this by Amir D Aczel, PhD add to wishlist From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Fermat's Last Theorem" comes a story of discovery, evolution, science, and faith, involving French Jesuit priest Pierre Teilhard de Chardin and his beloved Catholic Church. see all copies from £2.05! new only from £5.60! \| first editions
6	How to Build a Dinosaur: Extinction Doesn't Have to Be Forever more books like this by Jack Horner, James Gorman, John R Horner add to wishlist A world-renowned paleontologist teams up with a "New York Times" science writer to reveal a new science that trumps science fiction: how humans can re-create a dinosaur. see all copies from £7.90! new only from £7.90! \| first editions
7	Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist A senior paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of London writes warmly about his pet subject--a 500 million year old arthropod called the Trilobite. This former sea-dwelling crustacean-like creature survived 300 million years of climate change and continental drift, but now its closest living relative is the horseshoe crab. Fortey writes ... see all copies from £1.38! new only from £7.78! \| first editions
8	The Link: Uncovering Our Earliest Ancestor more books like this by Mr. Colin Tudge, Josh Young add to wishlist For more than a century, scientists have raced to unravel the human family tree and have grappled with its complications.Now, with an astonishing new discovery, everything we thought we knew about primate origins could change. Lying inside a high-security vault, deep within the heart of one of the world s leading natural history museums, is the ... see all copies from £4.11! new only from £4.11! \| first editions
9	T. Rex and the Crater of Doom more books like this by Walter Alvarez add to wishlist This book is both an engrossing account of the colossal object from outer space that the authors believe caused the death of the dinosaurs and an absorbing tale of how scientists uncovered evidence to support their theory. see all copies from £1.24! new only from £2.49! \| first editions
10	The Gilded Dinosaur: The Fossil War Between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh and the Rise of American Science more books like this by Mark Jaffe add to wishlist Bringing to life the fossil war between E.D. Cope and O.C. Marsh, "The Gilded Dinosaur" follows the epic quest for the dinosaur bones now on display in the world's natural history museums. 24 photos. see all copies from £3.17! new only from £7.24! \| first editions
11 view cover	The First Human: The Race to Discover Our Earliest Ancestors more books like this by Ann Gibbons add to wishlist This dynamic chronicle of the race to find the "missing links" between humans and apes transports readers into the highly competitive world of fossil hunting and into the lives of the ambitious scientists intent on pinpointing the dawn of humankind. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £8.08! \| first editions
12 view cover	Life Story more books like this by Virginia Lee Burton add to wishlist In this title the growth of life on earth is shown inventively in text and pictures. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £7.49! \| first editions
13	Earth in upheaval more books like this by Immanuel Velikovsky add to wishlist see all copies from £5.61! signed copies \| first editions
14 view cover	Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology more books like this by Donald A Prothero add to wishlist This is the first text to combine both paleontology and paleobiology. Traditional textbooks treat these separately, despite the recent trend to combine them in teaching. It bridges the gap between purely theoretical paleobiology and purely descriptive invertebrate paleontology books. The text is targeted at undergraduate geology and biology majors ... see all copies from £31.45! new only from £76.95!
15 view cover	Dinosaurs: A Concise Natural History more books like this by David E Fastovsky, Professor David B Weishampel, John Sibbick (Illustrator) add to wishlist From the authors of The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs, comes a general introduction to the study of dinosaurs for non-specialists, designed to excite readers about science by using the ever-popular animals - the dinosaurs - to illustrate and discuss geology, natural history and evolution. While it focuses on dinosaurs, it also uses ... see all copies from £32.37! new only from £32.37!
16 view cover	The Dinosauria more books like this by Professor David B Weishampel (Editor), Peter Dodson (Editor), Halszka Osmolska (Editor) add to wishlist When the "The Dinosauria" was first published more than a decade ago, it was hailed as 'the best scholarly reference work available on dinosaurs' and 'an historically unparalleled compendium of information'. This second, fully revised edition continues in the same vein as the first but encompasses the recent spectacular discoveries that have ... see all copies from £8.64! new only from £26.11! \| first editions
17 view cover	The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction more books like this by Dr. Robert T Bakker, Ph.D. add to wishlist For over a century, dinosaurs have been thought of as plodding, dim-witted giant lizards too awkward and ill-equipped to survive the ravages of environmental change. Bakker offers startling new evidence destined to forever alter the perception of the much-maligned monsters, depicting them as never before imagined: hot-blooded, amazingly agile, and ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £28.63! \| first editions
18 view cover	When Life Nearly Died: The Greatest Mass Extinction of All Time more books like this by Dr. Michael J Benton add to wishlist There have been five big mass extinctions in the history of the Earth. One 65 million years ago wiped out the dinosaurs, but the greatest of all happened around 251 million years ago, at the end of the Permian period. In this cataclysm at least 90 per cent of life was killed, both on land and in the sea, almost bringing evolution to a halt. What ... see all copies from £6.78! new only from £10.40! \| first editions
19 view cover	Extinction: How Life on Earth Nearly Ended 250 Million Years Ago more books like this by Professor Douglas H Erwin add to wishlist Some 250 million years ago, the earth suffered the greatest biological crisis in its history. Around 95 percent of all living species died out - a global catastrophe far greater than the dinosaurs' demise 65 million years ago. How this happened remains a mystery. But there are many competing theories. Some blame huge volcanic eruptions that ... see all copies from £10.58! new only from £12.58! \| first editions
20 view cover	Beasts of Eden: Walking Whales, Dawn Horses, and Other Enigmas of Mammal Evolution more books like this by David Rains Wallace add to wishlist Mammals first evolved at about the same time as dinosaurs, and their story is perhaps the more fascinating of the two - in part because it is also our own story. In this literate and entertaining book, eminent naturalist David Rains Wallace brings the saga of ancient mammals to a general audience for the first time. Using artist Rudolph Zallinger ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £8.81! \| first editions
21 view cover	The heart of matter more books like this by Pierre Teilhard de Chardin add to wishlist The final volume of Teilhard's collected essays, containing two texts of key importance published for the first time: "The Heart of Matter" and "The Christic." Foreword by N. M. Wildiers; Index. Translated by Rene Hague. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book. see all copies from £5.96! new only from £11.80!
22 view cover	The Oracle: The Lost Secrets and Hidden Message of Ancient Delphi more books like this by William J Broad add to wishlist A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author describes how a team of scientists, working from subtle clues scattered throughout the ancient literature, as well as from the latest findings in geology, uncovered scientific evidence to explain the Oracle of Delphi's powers. see all copies from £5.60! new only from £6.20! \| signed copies \| first editions
23 view cover	The Practical Paleontologist more books like this by Steve Parker add to wishlist From exploring the basic principles of geology to locating and analyzing fossils, this perfect introduction to the fascinating study of the origins of the natural world tells readers where and how to look for fossils and explains how to plan and equip a fossil-hunting expedition. Includes world maps locating the sites of major fossil beds and more ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £10.82! \| first editions
24 view cover	The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs more books like this by David E Fastovsky, Professor David B Weishampel add to wishlist This is a comprehensive treatment of dinosaurs designed to be used mainly as a textbook for students in first or second year undergraduate courses, although non-specialists are also sure to find the book of great interest. Nonetheless, it is unique in that it truly portrays dinosaurs from a specialist viewpoint. It is the only comprehensive text ... see all copies from £6.09! new only from £28.54! \| first editions
25 view cover	History of Life more books like this by Richard Cowen add to wishlist The living world today contains all kinds of creatures that do unexpected things - we have come to expect that there were complex and unusual ways of life in the past, and that evolution took some unexpected turns at times. Entertainingly written for students, "History of Life, 3rd Edition" takes you to the edge of current knowledge. The text ... see all copies from £5.60! new only from £29.26! \| first editions

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