LEADER 03765nam 2200721 a 450 001 9910959969503321 005 20230725032113.0 010 $a9786613260604 010 $a9781283260602 010 $a1283260603 010 $a9781599473680 010 $a1599473682 035 $a(CKB)2670000000106284 035 $a(OCoLC)750175440 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebrary10494010 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000544488 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12188465 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000544488 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10535791 035 $a(PQKB)11688461 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC742190 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC6232994 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL742190 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10494010 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL326060 035 $a(OCoLC)745865986 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC30753298 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL30753298 035 $a(Perlego)2740941 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000106284 100 $a20090722d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPaleontology $ea brief history of life /$fIan Tattersall 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aWest Conshohocken, Pa. $cTempleton Press$dc2010 215 $a1 online resource (238 p.) 225 1 $aTempleton science and religion series 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a9781599473420 311 08$a1599473429 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aRocks, time, and fossils -- Evolutionary processes -- The tree of life -- In the beginning -- The Paleozoic : "ancient life" -- The age of dinosaurs -- The age of mammals -- Of whales and primates -- Walkers and toolmakers -- A cognitive revolution. 330 8 $a"Endlessly absorbing and informative. It would be hard to imagine a better introduction to this most important and fascinating field."-Bill Bryson, author of A Short History of Nearly Everything Paleontology: A Brief History of Life is the fifth title published in the Templeton Science and Religion Series, in which scientists from a wide range of fields distill their experience and knowledge into brief tours of their respective specialties. In this volume, Ian Tattersall, a highly esteemed figure in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and paleontology, leads a fascinating tour of the history of life and the evolution of human beings. Starting at the very beginning, Tattersall examines patterns of change in the biosphere over time, and the correlations of biological events with physical changes in the Earth's environment. He introduces the complex of evolutionary processes, situates human beings in the luxuriant diversity of Life (demonstrating that however remarkable we may legitimately find ourselves to be, we are the product of the same basic forces and processes that have driven the evolutionary histories of all other creatures), and he places the origin of our extraordinary spiritual sensibilities in the context of the exaptational and emergent acquisition of symbolic cognition and thought. Concise and yet comprehensive, historically penetrating and yet up-to-date, responsibly factual and yet engaging, Paleontology serves as the perfect entre?e to science's greatest story. 410 0$aTempleton science and religion series. 606 $aPaleontology 606 $aHuman evolution 606 $aLife$xOrigin 615 0$aPaleontology. 615 0$aHuman evolution. 615 0$aLife$xOrigin. 676 $a560 700 $aTattersall$b Ian$0451652 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910959969503321 996 $aPaleontology$94365917 997 $aUNINA