"When the famous South African fish scientist Professor JLB Smith published Old Fourlegs - The Story of the Coelacanth in 1956 he created an international sensation. After all, this 400-million-year-old fish, known only from fossil remains, was thought to have become extinct around 66 million y...

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1. Verfasser:	Bruton, M. N. 1946- (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser:	Smith, J. L. B. 1897-1968
Format:	Buch
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	Gainesville University of Florida Press [2018]
Schlagworte:	Quastenflosser Smith, J. L. B. / (James Leonard Brierley) / 1897-1968 / Old fourlegs Coelacanth Clacanthe Smith, J. L. B. / (James Leonard Brierley) / 1897-1968 / https://id.oclc.org/worldcat/entity/E39PBJkdjcCYFVWjQcV4DdChHC
Zusammenfassung:	"When the famous South African fish scientist Professor JLB Smith published Old Fourlegs - The Story of the Coelacanth in 1956 he created an international sensation. After all, this 400-million-year-old fish, known only from fossil remains, was thought to have become extinct around 66 million years ago! JLB Smith's dramatic account of the discovery of the first and second coelacanths in 1938 and 1952 turned him into a cult figure and put South African science on the world map. His book was eventually published in six English editions and translated into nine foreign languages. Mike Bruton's The Annotated Old Fourlegs includes a facsimile reprint of the original book, to which he has added notes and images in the margins that provide an interesting and revealing commentary on Smith's text, as well as new introductory and explanatory chapters that bring the coelacanth story up to date" - Publisher's website
Beschreibung:	First published in 2017 by Struik Nature, South Africa
Beschreibung:	336 pages illustrations (some color), facsimiles 22 cm
ISBN:	0813064643 9780813064642