LEADER 04763nam 2201081 450 001 9910807805103321 005 20230803203941.0 010 $a0-520-95941-8 024 7 $a10.1525/9780520959415 035 $a(CKB)3710000000214182 035 $a(EBL)1711033 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001289967 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12602527 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001289967 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11234399 035 $a(PQKB)10416011 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1711033 035 $a(DE-B1597)518916 035 $a(OCoLC)886107788 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780520959415 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1711033 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10904649 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL633799 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000214182 100 $a20140910h20142014 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|nu---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe walking whales $efrom land to water in eight million years /$fJ. G. M. Thewissen ; with illustrations by Jacqueline Dillard 210 1$aOakland, California :$cUniversity of California Press,$d2014. 210 4$dİ2014 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aIncludes index. 311 $a0-520-30560-4 311 $a0-520-27706-6 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$t1. A Wasted Dig --$t2. Fish, Mammal, or Dinosaur? --$t3. A Whale with Legs --$t4. Learning to Swim --$t5. When the Mountains Grew --$t6. Passage to India --$t7. A Trip to the Beach --$t8. The Otter Whale --$t9. The Ocean Is a Desert --$t10. The Skeleton Puzzle --$t11. The River Whales --$t12. Whales Conquer the World --$t13. From Embryos to Evolution --$t14. Before Whales --$t15. The Way Forward --$tNotes --$tIndex 330 $aHans Thewissen, a leading researcher in the field of whale paleontology and anatomy, gives a sweeping first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales. As evidenced in the record, whales evolved from herbivorous forest-dwelling ancestors that resembled tiny deer to carnivorous monsters stalking lakes and rivers and to serpentlike denizens of the coast. Thewissen reports on his discoveries in the wilds of India and Pakistan, weaving a narrative that reveals the day-to-day adventures of fossil collection, enriching it with local flavors from South Asian culture and society. The reader senses the excitement of the digs as well as the rigors faced by scientific researchers, for whom each new insight gives rise to even more questions, and for whom at times the logistics of just staying alive may trump all science. In his search for an understanding of how modern whales live their lives, Thewissen also journeys to Japan and Alaska to study whales and wild dolphins. He finds answers to his questions about fossils by studying the anatomy of otters and porpoises and examining whale embryos under the microscope. In the book's final chapter, Thewissen argues for approaching whale evolution with the most powerful tools we have and for combining all the fields of science in pursuit of knowledge. 606 $aWhales, Fossil$zPakistan 606 $aWhales, Fossil$zIndia 606 $aWhales$xEvolution 606 $aPaleontology$zPakistan 606 $aPaleontology$zIndia 610 $aalaska. 610 $aarchaeology. 610 $acarnivorous. 610 $adiscussion books. 610 $aevolution. 610 $aevolutionary theory. 610 $aextinction. 610 $afossil collection. 610 $afossil collectors. 610 $afossil hunters. 610 $afossil record. 610 $aherbivorous mammals. 610 $aindia. 610 $ajapan. 610 $alakes and rivers. 610 $alife sciences. 610 $amillions of years. 610 $amodern whales. 610 $anatural history. 610 $anonfiction. 610 $apakistan. 610 $apaleontologists. 610 $apaleontology. 610 $aprehistory. 610 $ascientific researchers. 610 $ascientists. 610 $asea mammal anatomy. 610 $asouth asian culture. 610 $atiny deer. 610 $awhale anatomy. 610 $awhale evolution. 610 $awild dolphins. 610 $azoologists. 610 $azoology. 615 0$aWhales, Fossil 615 0$aWhales, Fossil 615 0$aWhales$xEvolution. 615 0$aPaleontology 615 0$aPaleontology 676 $a569/.5 700 $aThewissen$b J. G. M.$0975953 702 $aDillard$b Jacqueline 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910807805103321 996 $aThe walking whales$94097541 997 $aUNINA