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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'The Indonesian island of Sumatra is part of a chain of islands making up Sunda and the Malay Archipelago. Sumatra is one of the largest islands in the world, housing unique and globally important tropical rainforests, a diverse array of rare plants and magnificent animals, and a population of 60 million who speak a range of Austronesian languages. As beautifully exemplified in this volume, Sumatra is a place which preserves a distinct and long-term human history, studies of which began in earnest with Eugene Dubois's explorations in the 1880s to find our ancestral 'missing link'. Archaeological investigation of megaliths and historic empires carry on to this day. A range of topics are explored here, including palaeontological study of fossil mammals and their environments, the routes that Homo erectus took during their wanderings across Indonesia, and the growth and development of societies and empires in more recent periods. This exemplary volume presents a revised view of the history of palaeontological and archaeological research as well as new ground-breaking field research, laying the foundation for future research on the biological and cultural evolution of one of the most majestic islands of the world.'-- Professor Michael Petraglia, Director of the Australian Research Centre for Human Evolution, Griffith University.…

HARDCOVER. 1st edition. 479pp, large octavo. From the library of Dale W. Rice, famed writer/researcher/collector of natural history, and founder of the Dale W. Rice Memorial Library in Seattle, WA. light cover wear, tight binding, Dale Rice bookplate, clean throughout, Very Good.

HRD. Zustand: New. New Book. Shipped from UK. Established seller since 2000.

Zustand: New. In English.

Hardcover. Zustand: Brand New. 2nd edition. 552 pages. 10.00x7.50x1.50 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. 2021. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - EVOLUTION OF ISLAND MAMMALSEvolution on islands differs in a number of important ways from evolution on mainland areas. Over millions of years of isolation, exceptional and sometimes bizarre mammals evolved on islands, such as pig-sized elephants and hippos, giant rats and gorilla-sized lemurs that would have been formidable to their mainland ancestors.Evolution of Island Mammals, Second Edition, provides an updated and expanded overview of the current knowledge on fossil island mammals worldwide, ranging from the Oligocene to the onset of the Holocene. The book addresses evolutionary processes and key aspects of insular mammal biology, exemplified by a variety of fossil species.Readers familiar with the first edition will find here a host of updated and enhanced material, including:\* An entirely new chapter on the island rule\* Updated and expanded theoretical chapters\* Updated and improved taxonomic information\* Extensive coverage of new discoveries\* Body masses or body size indices for most extinct island mammals\* New figures visualizing the richness of the fossil recordThis accessible and richly illustrated textbook is written for graduate level students and professional researchers in evolutionary biology, palaeontology, biogeography, zoology, and ecology.…

Hardcover. Zustand: New. &Uumlber den AutorAlexandra A.E. van der Geer, Ph.D. (1998) in Classical Sanskrit, University of Leiden, is research associate for Palaeontology and Historical Geology at the National University of Athens. She has published on a .

Buch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - The art history of South Asia covers a time span of roughly four and a half thousand years. During this period, a vast number of animal stone sculptures has been produced, ranging from the pre-historic period till today and covering a great variety of motifs and imagery in different regions and religious traditions. Even so, the number of studies devoted to these animal sculptures has remained extremely limited. The present book aims at filling this knowledge gap. With this richly illustrated book, the first of its kind, Van der Geer offers a comparative study of the ways in which various animals have been depicted and a lucid analysis of the sculptors' treatment of their 'models' living animals. The art history of sculptured animals is contextualized with a description of the use of animals as can be read from ancient texts, archaeological evidence and contemporaneous culture. In doing so, parallels as well as differences in style or iconography are highlighted, elucidating the variety of animal depictions across regions, religious contexts and through time. The corpus of discussed material ranges from Indus seals, stupa panels and railings, monumental temples from North and South India, non-religious palace and fort architecture to loose sculptures in museum collections.…

Diemen, Natuur en Techniek, 2009. 23,5 x 22 cm. Gebonden. Hardcover. Met illustraties in kleur. 229 pag. NIEUW BOEK * Deel 98 van de reeks De Wetenschappelijke Bibliotheek van Natuurwetenschap & Techniek. [Animals / dieren Wetenschap / Science ].

Wiley-Blackwell, Chichester 2010. 8vo. Illustrated in B/W. Orig. boards. A few pen underlinings. Good.

Diemen 2009, 229 pp., photos and maps c295.