Fossils : a very short introduction / Keith Thomson.
Fossils : a very short introduction / Keith Thomson.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
Date
2005.
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N560/59
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English
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p. cm.
Contents
1. Introduction -- 2. A cultural phenomenon -- 3. Fossils in the popular imagination -- 4. Some things we know, some things we don't -- 5. Against the odds -- 6. Bringing fossils to life -- 7. Evolving -- 8. Of molecules and man -- 9. Fakes and fortunes -- 10. Back to the future.
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Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005.
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England
Date Published
2005.
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"Fossils have not always been easily understood - there have been doubts about what they are and what they mean, and at times their very existence has threatened the prevailing views of the origins of life and the age of the Earth. Building on the latest scientific understanding, Keith Thomson places fossils in a very human context, highlighting th...
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Fossils : a very short introduction / Keith Thomson.
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Very short introductions.
Includes index.
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Other version (online)
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N560/59
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74VKmalpgv3g
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKmalpgv3g
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ISBN
0192805045 (alk. paper)
9780192805041 (alk. paper)
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560
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991020593709702626
