| Description |
xxii, 500 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm |
| Physical Medium |
large print |
| Note |
Adult Brodart. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction: our mammalian family -- Mammal ancestors -- Making a mammal -- Mammals and dinosaurs -- The mammalian revolution -- Dinosaurs die, mammals survive -- Mammals modernize -- Extreme mammals -- Mammals and changing climates -- Ice age mammals -- Human mammals -- Epilogue: future mammals. |
| Summary |
Though humans claim to rule the Earth, we are the inheritors of a dynasty that has reigned over the planet for nearly 66 million years, through fiery cataclysm and ice ages: the mammals. Our lineage includes saber-toothed tigers, woolly mammoths, armadillos the size of a car, cave bears three times the weight of a grizzly, clever scurriers that outlasted Tyrannosaurus rex, and even other types of humans, like Neanderthals. Indeed humankind and many of the beloved fellow mammals we share the planet with today--lions, whales, dogs--represent only the few survivors of a sprawling and astonishing family tree that has been pruned by time and mass extinctions. How did we get here? |
| Audience |
Adult Brodart. |
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Adult Brodart. |
| Subject |
Mammals, Fossil.
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Paleontology.
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| Genre |
Largt type books.
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| Added Author |
Marshall, Todd, 1967- illustrator.
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Shelley, Sarah, illustrator.
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| ISBN |
9780062951519 (hardcover) |
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0062951513 (hardcover) |
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9780062951557 (trade paperback) |
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0062951556 (trade paperback) |
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9780063242081 |
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0063242087 |
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