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Beasts of Eden : walking whales, dawn horses, and other enigmas of mammal evolution
- Title
- Beasts of Eden : walking whales, dawn horses, and other enigmas of mammal evolution / David Rains Wallace.
- Author
- Wallace, David Rains, 1945-
- Publication
- Berkeley : University of California Press, 2004.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Text | Use in library | QL708.5 .W25 2004 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xxviii, 340 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
- Summary
- Annotation
- Subjects
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 297-314) and index.
- Contents
- Prologue: The Fresco and the Fossil -- Pachyderms in the Catacombs -- Dr. Jekyll and the Stonesfield Jaws -- The Origin of Mammals -- The Noblest Conquest -- Terrible Horns and Heavy Feet -- Mr. Megatherium versus Professor Mylodon -- Fire Beasts of the Antipodes -- Titans on Parade -- Five-toed Horses and Missing Links -- The Invisible Dawn Man -- A Bonaparte of Beasts -- Love and Theory -- Simpson's Cynodont-to-Smilodon Synthesis -- Shifting Ground -- Dissolving Ancestries -- Exploding Faunas -- The Revenge of the Shell Hunters -- Simpson Redivivus -- Winds Thieves of the Kyzylkum -- The Serpent's Offering -- Anthropoid Leapfrog -- Epilogue: Cenozoic Parks.
- ISBN
- 0520237315
- 9780520237315
- 0520246845
- 9780520246843
- LCCN
- 2003022857
- OCLC
- ocm53254011
- 53254011
- SCSB-1349655
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library