Here be dragons: how the study of animal and plant distributions revolutionized our views of life and earth

Denis McCarthy's highly engaging account of biogeography shows how two great theories - evolution and plate tectonics - explained the pattern of life on Earth. It is a story of elephant birds and pygmy mammoths, and the gradual acceptance of radical new ideas demonstrating that life and powerful physical forces constantly reshape our planet. INDICE: Preface: That Grand Subject; 1: Galapagan Epiphany; 2: The Mesosarus Problem; 3: Pygmy Mammoths and Mysterious Islands; 4: The Volcanic Ring That Changed the World; 5: The Bloody Fall of South America and the Last of the Jurassic Beak-Headed Reptiles; 6: Enchanted Waters; 7: The Battle Over Eden; 8:The Mysteries That Remain; 9: The Grand Coalescence of Life and Earth; Endnotes; Bibliography

• ISBN: 978-0-19-959566-2
• Editorial: Oxford University
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 240
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2011
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés