Since its discovery in 1909 by Charles Doolittle Walcott, then Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, the Burgess Shale in the Canadian Rocky Mountains has fascinated both scientists and the public with its plethora of weird wonders - life forms of the past so unfamiliar they…
Research into ancient DNA began more than 25 years ago with the publication of short mitochondrial DNA sequence fragments from the quagga, an extinct relative of the zebra. Ancient DNA research really gained momentum following the invention of PCR, which allowed millions of copi…
This volume is dedicated to the interdisciplinary study of dynamic biological changes through the Phanerozoic which are associated with mass extinction events and similar biotic crises, and their causal mechanisms. In particular, it documents in detail the complex nature of terr…
Integrated stratigraphy is essential forlozf, detailed paleoecologic studies of critical intervals in Earth historylozf, the calibration of the time scale for global uselozf, the establishment of Global Stratotype Sections and Points (GSSPs) for the definition of chronostratigra…
Fossilien: Ein Was-ist-was-Buch ; 69
by Wieczorek, Marion, Buggisch, Werner, Buggisch, Christian
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Wie entstehen Fossilien? Wo findet und wie präpariert man sie? Was sagen sie uns über die Entwicklung des Lebens auf der Erde? Die Autoren stellen spektakuläre Funde vor und schildern, welche Erkenntnisse die Forscher aus Fossilien gewinnen. Weitere Themen im Buch sind: Abdrücke…
