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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Elsa PanciroliPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imprint: Bloomsbury Sigma ISBN: 9781472983985ISBN 10: 147298398 Pages: 320 Publication Date: 26 January 2023 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Isle of Mists and Lagoons 2: A Thoroughly Modern Platypus 3: Like a Hole in the Head 4: The First Age of Mammals 5: Hot-blooded Hunters 6: A Total Disaster 7: Milk Tooth 8: Digital Bones 9: Chinese Revelations 10: Time of Revolt 11: The Journey Home Epilogue: Triumph of the Little Guy Acknowledgements Notes Bibliography IndexReviewsSmart, passionate and seditious * The New York Times Book Review * A pioneering study ... If you thought it all began with the extinction of the non-bird dinosaurs - think again. * Nature * Under Ms. Panciroli's adroit tutelage, the Carboniferous and Permian (pre-dinosaur) periods are brought to life ... she regularly enlivens this surprisingly readable book with quick and often humorous observations. * The Wall Street Journal * Fascinating ... filled with as many weird and wonderful creatures as any reptilian tale ... there's much here to intrigue. * Geographical * Smart, passionate and seditious * The New York Times Book Review * A pioneering study … If you thought it all began with the extinction of the non-bird dinosaurs – think again. * Nature * Under Ms. Panciroli’s adroit tutelage, the Carboniferous and Permian (pre-dinosaur) periods are brought to life … she regularly enlivens this surprisingly readable book with quick and often humorous observations. * The Wall Street Journal * Fascinating ... filled with as many weird and wonderful creatures as any reptilian tale ... there's much here to intrigue. * Geographical * Author InformationElsa Panciroli is a Scottish palaeontologist who studies the evolution and ecology of extinct animals. She is a researcher based at the University of Oxford and associate researcher at the National Museums of Scotland. Elsa is a keen science speaker and communicator. She has contributed to the Guardian and BBC Science Focus, as well as to radio and television programmes such as Crowdscience, The John Beatty Show and The Nine. @gsciencelady Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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