Vascular plants and paleobotany
by Stewart, Philip, Globig, Sabine
fromResearch Progress in Botany
Complete Chloroplast Genome Sequence of a Tree Fern Alsophila Spinulosa: Insights into Evolutionary Changes in Fern Chloroplast Genomes. A Systemic Gene Silencing Method Suitable for High Throughput, Reverse Genetic Analyses of Gene Function in Fern Gametophytes. Distribution an…
"This text is designed for students and anyone else with an interest in the history of life on our planet. The author describes the biological evolution of Earth's organisms, and reconstructs their adaptations to the life they led, and the ecology and environment in which they f…
"This text is designed for students and anyone else with an interest in the history of life on our planet. The author describes the biological evolution of Earth's organisms, and reconstructs their adaptations to the life they led, and the ecology and environment in which they f…
"This text is designed for students and anyone else with an interest in the history of life on our planet. The author describes the biological evolution of Earth's organisms, and reconstructs their adaptations to the life they led, and the ecology and environment in which they f…
Techniques for Virtual Palaeontology
by Rahman, Imran A., Garwood, Russell J., Sutton, M. D.
Virtual palaeontology, the use of interactive three-dimensional digital models as a supplement or alternative to physical specimens for scientific study and communication, is rapidly becoming important to advanced students and researchers. Using non-invasive techniques, the meth…
In this sequel to the bestseller Lucy: the beginnings of mankind, celebrated paleoanthropologist Johanson and science journailst Wong explore the extraordinary discoveries since Lucy was unearthed more than three decades ago.
This volume, aimed at the general reader, presents life and times of the amazing animals that inhabited Earth more than 500 million years ago. The Cambrian Period was a critical time in Earth's history. During this immense span of time nearly every modern group of animals appear…
Most major recent advances in understanding the history of life on Earth have been through the study of exceptionally well preserved biotas (Fossil-Lagerstätten). These are windows on the history of life on Earth and can provide a fairly complete picture of the evolution of ecos…
"These imaginative stories are accompanied by pictures of fossils and of the places as they are seen today with the author's careful reconstructive drawings of these ancient environments. The safaris are presented as stories but they are firmly based on published scientific evid…