Fossils: a very short introduction
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Main Author: Thomson, Keith Stewart (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford Oxford University Press 2005
Series:Very short introductions
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Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-142) and index
Introduction -- A cultural phenomenon -- Fossils in the popular imagination -- Some things we know, some things we don't -- Against the odds -- Bringing fossils to life -- Evolving -- Of molecules and man -- Fakes and fortunes -- Back to the future
Fossils have been vital to our understanding of the formation of the Earth and the origins of life on it. Keith Thomson presents an explanation of fossils as a phenomenon, highlighting their impact on mythology, philosophy and popular culture
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (147 p.)
ISBN:0191517089
0192805045
9780191517082

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