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The story of mountains, rivers, dinosaurs and men written by the author for his nephew progressively through the years. 390 pages with illustrations/drawings on most pages. Book in very good+ condition.

Three of The Emergence of Man series-The Missing Link, 1973 by Maitland Edey & Editors Time Life 160 pages Cro-Magnon Man, 1973 by Tom Prideaux & Editors Time Life 160 pagesThe First Men, 1974 by Editors 160 pages (some foxing first title page)Books have numerous colour and black and white illustrations. All books in near fine condition.Price is for all. A heavy parcel but no increase in postage in Australia.

The emergence and expansion of each of great groups of living and extinct animals and plants, how they are related and what conditions they encountered. 302 pages with 8 pages of illustrations, 53 figures throughout the text and a glossary. Book in good condition with previous owners details on first page, tanning and some cover wear.

Two volumes. The Third Edition but possibly First English Edition as it is translated from the German. The first attempt (in 1874) to present the facts of human evolution to a wider circle of reader with some revisions and updates, and rebuttals to expected criticism in the Third Edition (in 1876). Vol 1 467 pages with 11 Plates, 162 Woodcuts and 11 Genetic Tables. Book in good condition ex library with sticker on front cover and inside front cover, stamp on title page and margin pages 97 and 121, binding is split in places but pages retained except plate 4 and pages 465-7 which are loose. and light tanning. Cover has half split on front and some wear (see photos).Vol 2 504 pages with 4 Plates, 168 Woodcuts and 33 Genetic Tables. Book in good+ condition ex library with sticker on front cover and inside front cover, stamps on title page and margin pages 233, 329 and 409, binding showing inside front cover but all held, and light tanning. Cover has some wear (see photos). Price is for both volumes.… Leer más

How did the major groups of plants and animals arise? Is Nature fundamentally discontinuous with no need for intermediate species as proposed by the theory of evolution. 368 pages with figures throughout the text. Book in very good condition ex library with sticker on title page, reference on back endpaper and borrowing sleeve remnants inside back cover. Dust jacket in good+ condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back and small chip bottom back.

How dinosaurs developed flight, the latest discoveries in China, the USA, Europe and Australia, and can we use a chicken to bring back dinosaurs. 215 pages with 16 pages of colour illustrations. Book in near fine condition.

A collection of stories by ten palaeontologists about their journeys of discovery and passion for the natural world and about inquiring minds, fate, dreams and achievements, and the fossil regions of South Australia. 116 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book in as new condition.

How plants and animals have been fossilized enabling us to discover much about Earth's early history and the process of evolution, how to collect and prepare fossils with the minimum of damage, and the importance of fossils in such fields as geology, biology and oil exploration. 124 pages with over 100 colour photographs and 60 black and white photographs and line drawings. Book in near fine condition. Dust jacket in very good condition with minor wear to edges (see photo).

A Dorling Kindersley Book first published in Australia by Readers Digest - a Pockets guide. An insight into the origin, formation, and variety of fossils and information on how to find and collect fossils. 160 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book in near fine condition.

The main groups of organisms found as fossils, their age, how to find and extract them and their value to science. 223 pages with 80 pages of colour photographs, 12 pages of maps and over 40 text illustrations. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners sticker inside front cover and minor foxing to top edge. Dust jacket in very good+ condition.

The primary record of life is written in the successive strata of rocks and fossils are the remains or traces of organisms living at successive geological times and the study of them overlaps the earth sciences and the life sciences thereby combining historical geology with historical biology. 239 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Book in very good condition ex library with stamp on front and back endpaper, reference and borrowing sleeve remnants on back endpapers, and small stamp bottom edge. Dust jacket in very good condition with sticker remnant bottom spine.

Translated from the German by Susan Cupitt. Man's search for his ancestry in words and pictures starting when a country parson stumbled upon what proved to be the skeletal remains of a prehistoric man in the Neandertal, a small valley in Germany in 1856, followed by Darwin's The Origin of the Species in 1859. 287 pages with 292 illustrations, 19 in colour. Book in near fine condition with previous owners signature on front endpaper. Dust jacket in very good condition with some small marks on flaps.

Step by step guide to evolution - all living things are related via a common ancestor - about three dozen animals in order of their increasing similarity to humans. 128 pages with numerous drawings throughout. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.

The fossil war between E D Cope and O C Marsh and the rise of American science. Just after the American Civil War Cope and Marsh set out to answer the question, could the history of life and the proof of evolution be found in fossils - the contest quickly turned into bitter rivalry. 424 pages with 8 pages of black and white illustrations and a map. Book and dust jacket in fine condition.

What killed the dinosaurs and devastated the Earth? Sixty five million years ago three quarters of all living species died when the earth collided with a small planet resulting in a terror and destruction of almost unimaginable ferocity. 189 pages with 13 colour illustrations and 9 diagrams. Book in good+ condition ex library with small sticker on title page, stamps and references on back endpapers and borrowing sleave remnants inside back cover, some reader wear to leading edges and a mark on pages 91 and 151. Dust jacket in good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back and wear to top spine.

A fascinating reference source on the formation and identification of rocks and fossils, where to find various types and how to collect and care for them, and a field guide to the most significant geological and paleontological sites in the world.288 pages with colour photographs throughout. Book in very good+ condition.

Dinosaurs represent the most successful order of creation so far achieved, what did they look like, how did they live and why did they vanish. 287 pages with 24 pages of illustrations. Book in good+ condition with previous owners name on first page and tanning.

How could some dinosaurs run at speed, how could the gigantic Brontosaur stand for hours to feed its enormous body, this and other questions can be answered if we rethink assumptions and suggest that they were warm-blooded and energetic, with stamina. 238 pages with 65 black and white illustrations throughout the text. Book in very good condition with some damage to endpapers especially the back, otherwise near fine. Dust jacket in very good- condition with repaired tera on front and booksellers sticker front flap.

The emergence of biological forms in evolution, particularly the origin and nature of the characteristics that distinguishes different types of organism - the large scale aspects of biological form rather than small scale, local adaptations put forward by Darwin. 233 pages with 8 pages of colour illustrations and figures throughout the text. Book in very good+ condition.

A summary of the many important finds of our early ancestors - how the evidence is obtained and interpreted to gradually piece together a picture of our past. 87 pages with 80 illustrations including 30 colour photographs. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.