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hardcover. Condizione: Fair.

Soft cover. Condizione: Very Good. 144 pages. Illustrated. Feathered Dinosaurs { Feathers for [ T. Rex] ? New Birdlike Fossils Are Missing Links in Dinosaur Evolution} Spectacular fossil finds from China and Mongolia provide important new links between birds and their dinosaur predecessors. Discovered High in the Andes- -Haunting Remains of an Inca Sacrifice { Frozen in Time; At 22, 000 Feet Children of Inca Sacrifice Found Frozen in Time} Three 500- year- old mummies unearthed on a 22, 000- foot peak in the Andes tell an extraordinary story of Inca worship and child sacrifice. Panama's Rite of Passage When the United States hands over the Panama Canal in December, Panama will be without its biggest benefactor and on its own for the first time. Tiger Sharks { Tigers in For the Kill} A feathered feast awaits the big predators in Hawaii when fledgling albatrosses take to sea. African Marriage Rituals Draped in silver or intricate bead jewelry, brides follow age- old traditions in elaborate wedding ceremonies from Morocco to South Africa. Iraq { Eyewitness Iraq} Oil- rich Iraq has spent a fortune on war, but the country's treasure among the largest petroleum reserves in the world has brought neither peace nor prosperity for the Iraqi people. Central American Hurricane { After the Deluge: Central America's Storm of the Century} Already sodden at the end of the rainy season, Central America was ripe for disaster when Hurricane Mitch struck last fall. Survivors recall the Atlantic's deadliest tempest in two centuries.

Hardcover. Condizione: Near Fine. Condizione sovraccoperta: Near Fine. locks" put the origins of life at more than 3.5 billion years ago, yet the nature of life's progenitors remains elusive. At least three million known species of living things run, hop, creep, slither, skitter, flitter, flap, flop, swim or entwine their (illustratore). Very Large Book. In the century since Charles Darwin's death in 1882, science has come far toward unraveling one of the central mysteries of nature- the long, tangled story of the evolution of life on earth. Each generation of scientists has made major new discoveries, answered old questions, posed new ones. As knowledge accumulates, theories become more complex and subtle, questions more fundamental and difficult. Today, for instance, atomic "clocks" put the origins of life at more than a billion years ago, yet the nature of life's progenitors remain elusive. At lest three million known species of living things run, hoop, creep, slither, skitter, flitter, flap, flop, swim or entwine their roots in infinitely varied habitats from mountain top to ocean deep-and they are only one percent of all the species that have ever lived. How did life begin? How did it achieve its astonishing diversity? By what process did it adapt to so many environments? And what do the most recent finds, the best methods, the most penetrating observations reveal about these and the other great evolutionary puzzles? The Thread of Life, Roger Lewin has undertaken a journey through space and time to bring together the story of evolution, a story of continuity and time to bring together the story of evolution, a story of continuity and change, of life forms strange and familiar, of moving continents and shifting seas. He has visited many lands-the mountains of British Colombia, the Great Rift Valley of Africa, the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the Galapagos Islands-to see the evidence first-hand. He has prowled the corridors of noted research institutions-the Smithsonian among them-to discover how recent findings in geology, paleontology, biochemistry-even astronomy-support or deflate various evolutionary theories. Thread of Life is a profound and exciting tale of the processes that have touched all living things, even changed the very face of our planet. We are all products of evolution.

Condizione: NEW.

Booklet - Unbound Pages. Condizione: Very Good. 6 pages. An authentic standalone article, extracted from a larger volume of Archaeologia, Miscellaneous Tracts relating to Antiquity. Not a reprint or reproduction, but an original work in its own right. Preserved in a modern card cover, prepared for practicality - an unassuming but serviceable presentation that favours function over finery. Size: 25 x 30 cms. Category: Archaeologia; Printed before 1800; Roman History; Cosmo Books : 29 years on ABE, 47 years taking care of customers. A bookseller you can rely on.