Mostrando títulos en Paleontología

La femme est-elle l'avenir de l'homme ? Au présent, elle a du mal à se faire entendre sans élever la voix... Qu'en était-il dans le passé ? Paléoanthropologue, Pascal Picq enquête ici sur la femme des origines. Dans ce livre audio, il ne se contente pas de présenter ce que l'on sait des rapports entre hommes et femmes dans les premières sociétés humaines, il entend placer l'histoire et la préhistoire humaines dans la perspective de l'évolution.

Ever since we first started discovering dinosaurs in the early 1800s, our obsession for uncovering everything about these creatures has been insatiable. Each generation has made huge strides in trying to better our understanding of these animals, and in the past 20 years, we have made more discoveries than in the previous 200. There have been extraordinary advances in palaeontological methods, and ever more dinosaur fossils promise a landslide of new data and huge leaps forward in our understanding of these incredible animals.

L'uomo che studia se stesso è di fronte a una delle sfide più affascinanti della conoscenza. L'autore ci accompagna attraverso la storia naturale dell'uomo in quanto specie animale, una fra le tante, pur con tutte le sue formidabili peculiarità. Dopo aver gettato uno sguardo agli albori dell'antropologia come scienza, si confrontano le caratteristiche fondamentali dell'Homo sapiens con quelle delle scimmie antropomorfe. Si parla di evoluzione e della teoria che spiega l'evoluzione in base alla selezione naturale.

At stake in the "Science Wars" that have raged in academe and in the media is nothing less than the standing of science in our culture. One side argues that science is a "social construct," that it does not discover facts about the world, but rather constructs artifacts disguised as objective truths. This view threatens the authority of science and rejects science's claims to objectivity, rationality, and disinterested inquiry. Drawing Out Leviathan examines this argument in the light of some major debates about dinosaurs.

Ein archäologischer Cold Case wird neu aufgerollt. Eine Frau, ein Kind, Todesumstände ungeklärt. Von den Nazis entdeckt und für ihre Zwecke missbraucht, versank das 9000 Jahre alte Grab in Vergessenheit. Nun wird der Cold Case mithilfe modernster Wissenschaft aufgeklärt. Die Ergebnisse machen die Schamanin von Bad Dürrenberg zu einem der aufregendsten archäologischen Funde Europas. Die Bestsellerautoren Harald Meller und Kai Michel brechen auf zu einer Reise in eine fantastische Welt, in der sich das Schicksal der Menschheit entschied.

Eine (Zeit-)Reise in die Welt der Urzeitriesen. Dinosaurier. Vollkommen zurecht löst keine andere Tiergruppe eine ähnliche Faszination aus - bei Kindern ebenso wie bei Erwachsenen. In diesem Buch erzählt der Paläobiologe Armin Schmitt aus erster Hand von neuesten Forschungsergebnissen zu den Urzeitriesen, von spektakulären Expeditionen und überraschenden Funden.

Drawing from genetics, comparative anatomy, paleontology, and molecular biology, this book demonstrates how life’s complexity is not the product of a designer but of countless natural processes shaped by evolutionary forces. From transitional fossils and genetic evidence to observed instances of speciation and the evolution of antibiotic resistance, every chapter reveals how evolution continues to explain the diversity of life with unmatched clarity. The book also confronts the misuse of science by leading ID proponents like William Dembski, Stephen Meyer, and Michael Behe, exposing their...

In The Last Days of the Dinosaurs, Riley Black walks listeners through what happened in the days, the years, the centuries and the million years after the impact, tracking the sweeping disruptions that overtook this one spot, and imagining what might have been happening elsewhere on the globe. Picture yourself in the Cretaceous period. It's a sunny afternoon in the Hell Creek of ancient Montana 66 million years ago. In a matter of hours, everything here will be wiped away.

Whales are among the largest, most intelligent, deepest diving species to have ever lived on our planet. We have hunted them for thousands of years and scratched their icons into our mythologies. They simultaneously fill us with waves of terror, awe and affection - yet we know hardly anything about them. Whales tend to enter our awareness only when they die, struck by a ship or stranded in the surf. They evolved from land-roaming, doglike creatures into animals that move like fish and breathe like us and can grow to 300,000 pounds, live 200 years and roam entire ocean basins. Yet despite centuries of observing whales, we know little about their evolutionary past.

A place of exceptional diversity, rapid change and high energy, for the past 100 million years Europe has literally been at the crossroads of the world. By virtue of its geology and geography, evolution in Europe proceeds faster than elsewhere. The continent has absorbed wave after wave of immigrant species over the millennia, taking them in, transforming them and sometimes hybridising them. Flannery's exploration of the nature of Europe reveals a compelling intellectual drama, with a cast of heroic researchers whose discoveries have changed our understanding of life itself.

Tropische Wälder in der Antarktis. Ein Wasserfall von unvorstellbarer Größe, der das trockene Mittelmeerbecken mit Leben füllt. Eine Python, die in der kenianischen Savanne frühe Verwandte des Menschen auf Bäume jagt. Die Vergangenheit ist lebendig – und sie hinterlässt Spuren. Der Paläontologe Thomas Halliday entziffert sie origineller denn je. Anschaulich lässt er verlorene Welten wiederaufleben, erklärt, wie Ökosysteme entstehen und verschwinden, wie alte Spezies durch neue verdrängt werden, wie Lebewesen wandern, sich anpassen und entwickeln.

In the 19th and early 20th centuries, North American and European governments generously funded the discoveries of such famous paleontologists and geologists as Henry de la Beche, William Buckland, Richard Owen, Thomas Hawkins, Edward Drinker Cope, O. C. Marsh, and Charles W. Gilmore. In this book, Jane Davidson explores the motivation behind this rush to fund exploration, arguing that eagerness to discover strategic resources like coal deposits was further fueled by patrons who had a genuine passion for paleontology and the fascinating creatures that were being unearthed.

La historia de las primeras formas de vivienda y cuáles de ellas sobreviven hasta hoy, referidas dentro de un audio-resumen de gran utilidad histórica. Desde las chozas, a las casas australianas, las viviendas sobre pilotes o las viviendas de hielos, el anhelo del hombre por guarecerse bien lo ha llevado a vencer todos los obstáculos posibles.

What do we really know about dinosaurs? As our knowledge of the prehistoric creatures has evolved, there are quite a few myths, legends, and interesting facts that have come to light. Explore how early civilizations created monsters from dinosaur bones, what experts think dinosaurs really sounded like, and more.

La apasionante historia de la evolución de la humanidad y sus procesos de adaptación en la Tierra, descritos en un resumen fascinante. Desde su primera aparición en el planeta hace millones de años y su fisonomía actual, mucha agua ha desembocado en el océano. Aprenda a conocerlas con nosotros. Le aseguramos, nuestra historia evolutiva y mental lo atrapará.

Saviez-vous que les dinosaures vivaient partout sur la Terre, de l'Alaska à l'Antarctique ? Que loin d'être des « reptiles stupides », certains étaient des animaux communautaires capables de vivre en meute, de communiquer ou de prodiguer des soins parentaux ? À l'aide d'exemples choisis parmi les découvertes et interprétations les plus récentes, cet ouvrage fait revivre, sous nos yeux, un monde disparu. Il raconte le travail passionnant des chercheurs du monde entier, qui, grâce aux nouvelles techniques mises à leur disposition (géochimie, synchrotron, intelligence artificielle...

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In the golden age of dinosaur discoveries, paleontologists are frequently learning about new dinosaurs and new facts about already-known species. At least 14 dinosaurs made the headlines in 2014 alone. Blending fiction with fact, Top 10 Dinosaurs of 2014 reimagines the way 10 of the newly described Jurassic and Cretaceous dinosaurs lived in their natural habitats.

"As one of the pioneers of the field of ancient DNA, Dr. Lalueza-Fox has witnessed its evolution from a technical curiosity to a field that holds enormous future potential. There are few better placed to give an introduction to the topic of de-extinction." -- Marcus Thomas Pius Gilbert, professor at the Center for GeoGenetics in Denmark and world expert in paleogenomics and de-extinction. “Lalueza-Fox is an expert in the recovery and analysis of ancient DNA, which means he is more than qualified to discuss some of the major technical challenges to bringing extinct species back to life" --...

A bird flits overhead. It’s an everyday occurrence, repeated hundreds, thousands, millions of times daily by creatures across the world. It’s something so normal, so entirely taken for granted, that sometimes we forget how extraordinary it is. But take that in for a moment. This animal flies. It. Flies. The miracle of flight has evolved in hugely diverse ways, with countless variations of flapping and gliding, hovering and diving, murmurating and migrating.