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Les Grands Mammifères plio-pléistocènes d'Europe

Author : Claude Guérin
Publisher : FeniXX
ISBN 13 : 2402010053
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Les Grands Mammifères plio-pléistocènes d'Europe written by Claude Guérin and published by FeniXX. This book was released on 1996-01-01T00:00:00+01:00 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cet ouvrage traite des mammifères qui existaient durant le Pliocène (fin de l’ère tertiaire) et le Pléistocène (début de l’ère quaternaire), animaux bien connus grâce aux études paléontologiques. Cette période vit l’apparition de l’homme sur la planète. Il est donc intéressant de connaître l’environnement dans lequel il a évolué. Pourquoi ne s’intéresser qu’aux mammifères ? Ces animaux ont été en interaction directe avec l’homme : prédateurs mais surtout gibier. Certains d’entre eux seront ultérieurement domestiqués, modifiant ainsi les relations homme-animal (l’homme passera de l’état de chasseur-cueilleur à celui de pasteur ou d’agriculteur). Ce livre fait donc le point sur les connaissances acquises dans ce domaine. Cependant ce n’est pas qu’un « simple ouvrage de paléontologie ». En effet, il aborde aussi le problème des environnements d’alors, ainsi que les essentielles relations homme-animal. Cet ouvrage propose donc une vision globale de l’homme à l’époque charnière couvrant le Pliocène et le Pléistocène. Il intéressera les étudiants et chercheurs en paléontologie, mais aussi en paléoécologie, en (paléo)éthologie et en archéozoologie. L’amateur sera aussi satisfait d’un ouvrage qui reste très abordable et dont la rédaction a particulièrement été soignée par les auteurs.

The Humans Who Went Extinct

Author : Clive Finlayson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199239193
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (992 download)

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Download or read book The Humans Who Went Extinct written by Clive Finlayson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2010-11-11 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in hardcover: Oxford; New York: Oxford Universtiy Press, 2009.

Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 2

Author : Evangelos Vlachos
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030684423
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (36 download)

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Book Synopsis Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 2 by : Evangelos Vlachos

Download or read book Fossil Vertebrates of Greece Vol. 2 written by Evangelos Vlachos and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-10-23 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 2-volume set provides a state-of-the-art study of the fossil record and taxonomy of the main vertebrate groups from Greece. Greece stands between 3 continents and its vertebrate fossil record is of great importance for paleontological and evolutionary studies in Europe, Asia and Africa. Fossils from classic, world-famous localities (e.g., Pikermi, Samos) form an essential part of the collections of the most important museums in the world and have been studied by numerous scientists. Recent paleontological research led to the discovery and study of numerous new sites. The volumes contain a taxonomic review of all named and identified taxa, their taxonomic history and current status, as well as historical, phylogenetic and biogeographic information. Volume 2 contains a synopsis of the fossil record and taxonomy of important groups of mammals represented in the fossil record of Greece. The volume starts with specific chapters on laurasiatherians like insectivores and bats, moving on to the main part of the book that deals with three of the most important fossil groups in the country. The fossil record of even-toed animals is summarized with chapters on bovids, cervids, suoids, anthracotheres, hippos, giraffes, and tragulids. The fossil record of odd-toed animals is presented with special chapters on horses, tapirs, rhinos, and chalicotheres. The last part of this volume deals with meat-eating, carnivoran groups, like felids, viverrids, hyaenas, canids, bears, ailurids, mephitids and mustelids. The volume ends with a special chapter on insular endemic mammals from the various islands of Greece.

The Skull of Quadruped and Bipedal Vertebrates

Author : Djillali Hadjouis
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1786306077
Total Pages : 258 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (863 download)

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Download or read book The Skull of Quadruped and Bipedal Vertebrates written by Djillali Hadjouis and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-06-29 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book forms part of the set, Comparative Anatomy and Posture of Animal and Human, and focuses on the skulls of Quaternary mammals and of Man since the acquisition of upright posture. Although the vast majority of the quadruped fossil species have a balanced postural adaptation, with no asymmetries or maxillo-mandibular dysmorphoses, the Hominine species that has acquired this readjustment of the body as well as a bipedal adaptation to the ground, will experience a series of postural imbalances starting with malocclusion in the genus Homo. In order to arrive at this conclusion, the cranio-facial architectural biodynamics of several species of fossil and current mammals have been analyzed over three decades. In addition, hundreds of skulls of anatomically modern Hominids have been examined, highlighting their occlusal offsets, variations, anomalies and pathologies.

Hominids and their environment during the lower and middle Pleistocene or Eurasia

Author : Josep Gibert
Publisher : Museo de Prehistoria y Paleontologia J. Gilbert
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 672 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Hominids and their environment during the lower and middle Pleistocene or Eurasia by : Josep Gibert

Download or read book Hominids and their environment during the lower and middle Pleistocene or Eurasia written by Josep Gibert and published by Museo de Prehistoria y Paleontologia J. Gilbert. This book was released on 1999 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

European Neogene Mammal Chronology

Author : Everett H. Lindsay
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1489925139
Total Pages : 657 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (899 download)

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Book Synopsis European Neogene Mammal Chronology by : Everett H. Lindsay

Download or read book European Neogene Mammal Chronology written by Everett H. Lindsay and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-06-29 with total page 657 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: During the last ZO years great progress has been achieved in our understanding of both earth history and vertebrate evolution. The result is that climatic/tectonic events in earth history can now be placed in a more precise and global time frame, that permit their evaluation as abiotic causal factors which might trigger extinction and dispersal events in vertebrate history. Great strides have also been made in genetics and cell biology, providing new insight into phylogenetic relationships among many vertebrates. These new data, along with data on chronologie resolution of earth history, provide tests of previous interpretations regarding ancestral-descendant relationships based solely on the fossil record. It is fitting and proper that a volume on European Neogene mammal chronology is produced at this time, to ensure that new interpretations of vertebrate evolution and chronology are based on the most accurate and current data. Vertebrate paleon tologists believe that the fossil record is the only secure data for measuring the actual course and tempo of vertebrate evolution. Knowledge of the fossil record must keep pace with advances in other areas of science so that inferences on vertebrate evolu tion are accurate and meaningful.

Early-Middle Pleistocene Transitions

Author : Geological Society of London
Publisher : Geological Society of London
ISBN 13 : 9781862391819
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (918 download)

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Book Synopsis Early-Middle Pleistocene Transitions by : Geological Society of London

Download or read book Early-Middle Pleistocene Transitions written by Geological Society of London and published by Geological Society of London. This book was released on 2005 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Early-Middle Pleistocene transition (around 1.2 to 0.5 Ma) marks a profound shift in Earth's climate state. Low-amplitude 41 ka climate cycles, dominating the earlier part of the Pleistocene, gave way progressively to a 100 ka rhythm of increased amplitude that characterizes our present glacial-interglacial world. This volume assesses the biotic and physical response to this transition both on land and in the oceans: indeed it examines the very nature of Quaternary climate change. Milankovitch theory, palaeoceanography using isotopes and microfossils, marine organic geochemistry, tephrochronology, the record of loess and soil deposition, terrestrial vegetational change, and the migration and evolution of hominins as well as other large and small mammals, are all considered. These themes combine to explore the very origins of our present biota.

The Great Basin

Author : Donald Grayson
Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520267478
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Download or read book The Great Basin written by Donald Grayson and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2011-04-18 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Great Basin, centering on Nevada and including substantial parts of California, Oregon, and Utah, gets its name from the fact that none of its rivers or streams flow to the sea. This book synthesizes the past 25,000 years of the natural history of this vast region. It explores the extinct animals that lived in the Great Basin during the Ice Age and recounts the rise and fall of the massive Ice Age lakes that existed here. It explains why trees once grew 13' beneath what is now the surface of Lake Tahoe, explores the nearly two dozen Great Basin mountain ranges that once held substantial glaciers, and tells the remarkable story of how pinyon pine came to cover some 17,000,000 acres of the Great Basin in the relatively recent past. These discussions culminate with the impressive history of the prehistoric people of the Great Basin, a history that shows how human societies dealt with nearly 13,000 years of climate change on this often-challenging landscape"--Provided by publisher.

Paleoclimate and Evolution, with Emphasis on Human Origins

Author : Elisabeth S. Vrba
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300063482
Total Pages : 567 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 ( download)

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Book Synopsis Paleoclimate and Evolution, with Emphasis on Human Origins by : Elisabeth S. Vrba

Download or read book Paleoclimate and Evolution, with Emphasis on Human Origins written by Elisabeth S. Vrba and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 1995-01-01 with total page 567 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addressing the relationship between climatic and biotic evolution, this work focuses on how climatic change during the last 15 million years - especially the last three million - has affected human evolution and other evolutionary events.

Azokh Cave and the Transcaucasian Corridor

Author : Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 331924924X
Total Pages : 358 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (192 download)

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Download or read book Azokh Cave and the Transcaucasian Corridor written by Yolanda Fernández-Jalvo and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-06 with total page 358 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edited volume describes the geology, stratigraphy, anthropology, archaeology, dating, taphonomy, paleobotany, paleontology and paleoecology of Azokh caves (also known as Azykh or Azikh). The chapters review exhaustively the key recent research on this limestone karstic site, which is located near the village of the same name in the region of Nagorno Karabagh in the south-eastern end of the Lesser Caucasus. The site is significant due to its geographic location at an important migratory crossroad between Africa and Eurasia. These caves contain an almost complete sedimentary sequence of the transition between H.heidelbergensis and H. neanderthalensis continuing to later Pleistocene and Holocene stratified sediment. The site is also important due to the discovery of Neanderthal remains by the current research group in addition to the Middle Pleistocene hominin fossils during a previous phase of excavation work led by M. Huseinov. At the heart of this book is the matter of how this site relates to human evolution.

Neanderthals and Modern Humans

Author : Clive Finlayson
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139449710
Total Pages : 267 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Download or read book Neanderthals and Modern Humans written by Clive Finlayson and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2004-03-11 with total page 267 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Neanderthals and Modern Humans develops the theme of the close relationship between climate change, ecological change and biogeographical patterns in humans during the Pleistocene. In particular, it challenges the view that Modern Human 'superiority' caused the extinction of the Neanderthals between 40 and 30 thousand years ago. Clive Finlayson shows that to understand human evolution, the spread of humankind across the world and the extinction of archaic populations, we must move away from a purely theoretical evolutionary ecology base and realise the importance of wider biogeographic patterns including the role of tropical and temperate refugia. His proposal is that Neanderthals became extinct because their world changed faster than they could cope with, and that their relationship with the arriving Modern Humans, where they met, was subtle.

Annales géologiques des pays helléniques

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Annales géologiques des pays helléniques written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Drobci ledenodobnega okolja

Author : Borut Toškan
Publisher : Založba ZRC
ISBN 13 : 9612542570
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Drobci ledenodobnega okolja written by Borut Toškan and published by Založba ZRC. This book was released on 2011-01-01 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The monograph Drobci ledenodobnega okolja ("Fragments of Ice Age environments") presents a compilation of seventeen chapters in which experts from different scientific fields discuss specific topics related to the Ice Age in Europe. Ten of them are devoted to the presentation, analysis and interpretation of palaeontological data concerning various large mammal species ranging from mastodon and mammoth to the cave hyena, ibex, cave lion and bears, with the emphasis being placed on the cave bear. Several chapters address the topic of Last Glacial climatic conditions in the Southeastern Alps by studying fossil micromammal and palaeobotanical remains as well as geoarchaeologiocal data. A special article is devoted to a comprehensive review of previous analysis of the bone flute from Divje babe I, but includes also new musicological research findings on the extraordinary technical capabilities of this oldest musical instrument. The concluding chapter presents a study of old manuscripts and printed sources, providing some interesting insights into the discovery of one of the most significant palaeontological sites in Slovenia - the cave of Mokriška jama.The monograph is dedicated to the anniversary of the prominent researcher of the Slovenian Palaeolithic - Ivan Turk. His work, main achievements and selected bibliography are briefly presented in the introductory chapter.

The Middle Palaeolithic Geography of Southern France

Author : Katherine V. Boyle
Publisher : British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 164 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book The Middle Palaeolithic Geography of Southern France written by Katherine V. Boyle and published by British Archaeological Reports Oxford Limited. This book was released on 1998 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this study is to highlight regularities in the Middle Palaeolithic settlement pattern observable in southern France bordering on the Mediterranean and southern Rhône valley. This period has traditionally been viewed as characterised by substantial lithic assemblage diversity. Discussion of this diversity, however, often ignores other, non-lithic variables: the topographic nature of the contexts of the lithic assemblages and the faunal data often found alongside stone tools. These form the primary basis of the present study. Two related databases form the backbone of the research, followed by an account of the prevailing environmental conditions at the time of the Middle Palaeolithic and a discussion of the available faunal data as a reflection of these environments. Although some environmental reflection can be observed, the faunal material that is available is a greater reflection of local taphonomic events than of prevailing regional ecological conditions, be these events nature- or human-related.

Divje babe I

Author : Ivan Turk
Publisher : Založba ZRC
ISBN 13 : 9612540195
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (125 download)

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Download or read book Divje babe I written by Ivan Turk and published by Založba ZRC. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Evolution of South American Mammalian Predators During the Cenozoic: Paleobiogeographic and Paleoenvironmental Contingencies

Author : Francisco J. Prevosti
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319037013
Total Pages : 206 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Evolution of South American Mammalian Predators During the Cenozoic: Paleobiogeographic and Paleoenvironmental Contingencies written by Francisco J. Prevosti and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-01-02 with total page 206 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book summarizes the evolution of carnivorous mammals in the Cenozoic of South America. It presents paleontological information on the two main mammalian carnivorous groups in South America; Metatheria and Eutheria. The topics include the origin, systematics, phylogeny, paleoecology and evolution of the Sparassodonta and Carnivora. The book is based on a wide variety of published sources from the last few decades.

Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids

Author : Jordi Agustí
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231516339
Total Pages : 345 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids written by Jordi Agustí and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 2005-10-26 with total page 345 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids takes us on a journey through 65 million years, from the aftermath of the extinction of the dinosaurs to the glacial climax of the Pleistocene epoch; from the rain forests of the Paleocene and the Eocene, with their lemur-like primates, to the harsh landscape of the Pleistocene Steppes, home to the woolly mammoth. It is also a journey through space, following the migrations of mammal species that evolved on other continents and eventually met to compete or coexist in Cenozoic Europe. Finally, it is a journey through the complexity of mammalian evolution, a review of the changes and adaptations that have allowed mammals to flourish and become the dominant land vertebrates on Earth. With the benefit of recent advances in geological and geophysical techniques, Jordi Agustí and Mauricio Antón are able to trace the processes of mammalian evolution as never before; events that hitherto appeared synchronous or at least closely related can now be distinguished on a scale of hundreds or even dozens of thousands of years, revealing the dramatic importance of climactic changes both major and minor. Evolutionary developments are rendered in magnificent illustrations of the many extraordinary species that once inhabited Europe, detailing their osteology, functional anatomy, and inferred patterns of locomotion and behavior. Based on the latest research and field work, Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids transforms our understanding of how mammals evolved and changed the face of the planet.