Research Catalog

Title

The eternal trail : a tracker looks at evolution / Martin Lockley.

Author

Lockley, M. G.

Publication

Reading, Mass. : Perseus Books, [1999], ©1999.

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Details

Description

xvii, 334 pages : illustrations; 25 cm

Summary

• "Were Jurassic dinosaurs social creatures? Can you determine the shape of a ram's horns from its footprints? Paleontologist Martin Lockley answers these questions and many more in this highly original tale of tracking and track making.
• From the earliest fossilized prints left by a millipede on a volcanic island to Neil Armstrong's footprint, forever embedded in the lunar dust, Lockley reinterprets the story of evolution, recorded over millions of years in the bedrock of our planet and its environs."--BOOK JACKET. "Filled with fascinating anecdotes and surprising discoveries, The Eternal Trail initiates us into the art and science of tracking, while offering a poetic reflection on the continuity of life."--BOOK JACKET.

Subject

• Footprints, Fossil
• Fossils
• Evolution (Biology)
• Tracking and trailing

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p.301-324) and index.

Contents

Introduction: The Trail from There to Here -- 1. First Impressions -- 2. Paleozoic Prelude -- 3. Hand Signals -- 4. Noah's Raven -- 5. Lost Souls -- 6. With God on Our Side -- 7. Dancing Dinosaurologists -- 8. Out of Africa -- 9. Spirit Trails -- 10. The Signature of Humanity.

ISBN

0738201650

LCCN

99064158

OCLC

ocm42283119

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries