The Beginning of the Age of Mammals

Informationen zum Autor Kenneth D. Rose is a professor at the Center for Functional Anatomy and Evolution at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and a research associate at the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C., and the Carnegie Museum of Natural History in Pittsburgh. Klappentext In the tradition of G. G. Simpson's classic work, Kenneth D. Rose's The Beginning of the Age of Mammals analyzes the events that occurred directly before and after the mysterious K-T boundary which so quickly thrust mammals from obscurity to planetary dominance. Zusammenfassung The life's work of one of the most knowledgeable researchers in the field! this richly illustrated! magisterial book combines sound scientific principles and meticulous research and belongs on the shelf of every paleontologist and mammalogist.

Product details

• Authors: Kenneth D. Rose, Kenneth D. (Professor of Anatomy Rose, Kenneth D Rose, Rose Kenneth D.
• Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 10.11.2006
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Business; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology
• EAN: 9780801884726
• ISBN: 978-0-8018-8472-6
• Pages: 448
• Dimensions (packing): 22.3 x 28.5 x 3.4 cm
• Subjects: SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Zoology / Mammals; Evolutionary Biology; Zoology: Mammals; Zoology: mammals (mammalogy)