You can download Introduction to Paleobiology and the Fossil Record ebook here. The history of life is documented by fossils through the past 3.5 billion years. We need this long-term perspective for three reasons: ancient life and environments can inform us about how the world might change in the future; extinct plants and animals make … Read more
You can download Animal Evolution ebook here. The subject of animal evolution has been explored and discussed for a century and a half. As long ago as the late 19th century, Ernst Haeckel, a renowned evolutionary biologist and supporter of Darwin, drew some beautiful phylogenetic trees depicting the possible course of animal evolution. Haeckel’s trees … Read more
You can download Paleogene Fossil Birds ebook here. Since birds are predominantly diurnal and often quite vociferous animals, theirbehavior and ecological requirements are probably better studied than those of any other vertebrate group. Detailed knowledge of their evolutionary history is, how ever, still limited to a small circle of specialists, and there is a widespread … Read more
You can download A Guide to 1,000 Foraminifera ebook here. The story began 35 years ago, in 1976, when I joined the geological team of the ORSTOM center of Nouméa (presently IRD [Institut de Recherche pour le développement]). I was teacher in a high school, but had the opportunity to participate in a research program … Read more
You can download Biominerals and Fossils Through Time ebook here. Fossils are essential to the reconstruction of the evolution of life and episodes in Earth history. Fossil skeletal material serves as the repository of chemical data widely used in the reconstruction of the Earth’s climate–ocean system at various time scales. Knowledge of biomineralization – the … Read more
You can download Pocket Guide Geology in the Field ebook here. This book is a translation of the original German edition „Pocket Guide Geologie im Gelände“ by McCann, Tom, published by Springer-Verlag GmbH, DE in 2019. The translation was done with the help of artifcial intelligence (machine translation by the service DeepL.com). Springer Nature updates … Read more