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Fossils : a very short introduction / Keith Thomson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Very short introductions ; 138 | Very short introductions ; 138Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2005Description: 147 p. : ill. ; 18 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780192805041 (pbk.)
Other title:
  • Fossils
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 560 THO 23 009008
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Contents:
Introduction -- A cultural phenomenon -- Fossils in the popular imagination -- Some things we know, some things we don't -- Against the odds -- Bringing fossils to life -- Evolving -- Of molecules and man -- Fakes and fortunes -- Back to the future.
Summary: Fossils have been vital to our understanding of the formation of the Earth and the origins of life on it. Keith Thomson presents an explanation of fossils as a phenomenon, highlighting their impact on mythology, philosophy and popular culture.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-142) and index.

Introduction -- A cultural phenomenon -- Fossils in the popular imagination -- Some things we know, some things we don't -- Against the odds -- Bringing fossils to life -- Evolving -- Of molecules and man -- Fakes and fortunes -- Back to the future.

Fossils have been vital to our understanding of the formation of the Earth and the origins of life on it. Keith Thomson presents an explanation of fossils as a phenomenon, highlighting their impact on mythology, philosophy and popular culture.

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