This manual pertains to "The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes, and Humans," authored by Christopher Beard and published by Perseus - UCAL POD in 2005. This work delves into the fascinating realm of primate evolution, focusing on the fossil record and the origins of anthropoids during the Eocene epoch. It presents a fast-paced narrative, enriched with vivid stories from paleontological fieldwork, and discusses key discoveries such as Eosimias and the early origins of anthropoids in Asia. The book is intended for a wide audience interested in the scientific exploration of life sciences and evolution.
The purpose of this manual is to provide comprehensive information regarding the subject matter of primate fossil records and anthropoid evolution. It covers a time period extending back approximately 45 million years, detailing research conducted in Asia, Africa, and North America. The manual explores the historical context of paleontology, mentioning figures like Georges Cuvier, and highlights significant findings that shed light on our evolutionary past. While it does not include illustrations, it offers a detailed account of the scientific journey to understand the origins of monkeys, apes, and humans.
Taking us back roughly 45 million years into the Eocene, "the dawn of recent life," Chris Beard, a world-renowned expert on the primate fossil record, offers a tantalizing new perspective on our deepest evolutionary roots. In a fast-paced narrative full of vivid stories from the field, he reconstructs our extended family tree, showing that the first anthropoids-the diverse and successful group that includes monkeys, apes, and humans-evolved millions of years earlier than was previously suspected and emerged in Asia rather than Africa.
In The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey, Beard chronicles the saga of two centuries of scientific exploration in search of anthropoid origins, from the early work of Georges Cuvier, the father of paleontology, to the latest discoveries in Asia, Africa, and North America's Rocky Mountains. Against this historical backdrop, he weaves the story of how his own expeditions have unearthed crucial fossils-including the controversial primate Eosimias-that support his compelling new vision of anthropoid evolution. The only book written for a wide audience that explores this remote phase of our own evolutionary history, The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey adds a fascinating new chapter to our understanding of humanity's relationship to the rest of life on earth.
Author: Beard, Christopher
Publisher: Perseus - UCAL POD
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes, and Humans
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2005-01-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780520233690
Category: Science : Life Sciences - Evolution
Taking us back roughly 45 million years into the Eocene, "the dawn of recent life," Chris Beard, a world-renowned expert on the primate fossil record, offers a tantalizing new perspective on our deepest evolutionary roots. In a fast-paced narrative full of vivid stories from the field, he reconstructs our extended family tree, showing that the first anthropoids-the diverse and successful group that includes monkeys, apes, and humans-evolved millions of years earlier than was previously suspected and emerged in Asia rather than Africa.
In The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey, Beard chronicles the saga of two centuries of scientific exploration in search of anthropoid origins, from the early work of Georges Cuvier, the father of paleontology, to the latest discoveries in Asia, Africa, and North America's Rocky Mountains. Against this historical backdrop, he weaves the story of how his own expeditions have unearthed crucial fossils-including the controversial primate Eosimias-that support his compelling new vision of anthropoid evolution. The only book written for a wide audience that explores this remote phase of our own evolutionary history, The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey adds a fascinating new chapter to our understanding of humanity's relationship to the rest of life on earth.
Author: Beard, Christopher
Publisher: Perseus - UCAL POD
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
Title: The Hunt for the Dawn Monkey: Unearthing the Origins of Monkeys, Apes, and Humans
Pages: 00000 (Encrypted PDF)
On Sale: 2005-01-01
SKU-13/ISBN: 9780520233690
Category: Science : Life Sciences - Evolution
