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Author:

Carroll, Sean B.

Title:

Remarkable creatures : epic adventures in the search for the origins of species / Sean B. Carroll.

Publisher:

Houghton Mifflin Harcourt,

Copyright Date:

2009

Description:

xix, 331 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Evolution (Biology)--History.
Naturalists--History.--History.
Evolution.
Biogenesis.
Expeditions--history.
History, 19th Century.
History, 20th Century.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (p. [287]-311) and index.

Contents:

A mixture of spirit and deed -- Introduction: Humboldt's gifts -- 1: The making of a theory -- Reverend Darwin's detour -- Drawing a line between monkeys and kangaroos -- Life imitates life -- 2: The loveliest bones -- Java man -- To the big bang, on horseback -- Where the dragon laid her eggs -- The day the mesozoic died -- Dinosaurs of a feather -- It's a fishapod! -- 3: The natural history of humans -- Journey to the Stone Age -- Clocks, trees, and H-bombs -- CSI: Neander Valley -- Afterword: the shape of things to come.

Summary:

An award-wining biologist explores the dramatic expeditions that unearthed the history of life on Earth--from the epic journeys of pioneering naturalists to the breakthroughs making headlines today.

ISBN:

015101485X
9780151014859

OCLC:

(OCoLC)231947678

LCCN:

2008025438

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

ORAX826 -- Scott Community College (Bettendorf)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Carroll)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

ALPE516 -- Fairfield Public Library (Fairfield)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

PHAX277 -- Graceland University - Frederick Madison Smith Library (Lamoni)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)