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Origins the search for our prehistoric past

Title: Origins [electronic resource] : the search for our prehistoric past / Frank H.T. Rhodes.
Author: Rhodes, Frank Harold Trevor.
Publication: Ithaca : Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press, 2016.

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1 online resource (xi, 326 pages) : illustrations.

Uniform Title

Origins (Online)

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Origins (Online)

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-312) and index.

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Access restricted to authorized users.

Contents

Defrosting the mammoth -- Terrestrial timepieces -- From so simple a beginning -- Classification : the diversity of life -- Spineless wonders -- Bones, scales, and fins -- The greening of the land -- The amphibian foothold -- The reign of the reptiles -- The air -- The blossoming earth -- Rise of the mammals -- The mammalian explosion -- The Leakeys' legacy -- Endless forms, most beautiful and most wonderful -- On extinction -- Have been and are being evolved : the development of life.

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