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Oakland CA: University of California Press, 2014. 1st. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Hardcover in a bright dust jacket. 245 pages, illustrated in color and b&w. Hans 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…
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The Walking Whales: From Land to Water in Eight Million Years Hardcover - 2014
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- Title The Walking Whales: From Land to Water in Eight Million Years
- Author J. G. Thewissen
- Binding Hardcover
- Pages 256
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher University of California Press
- Date 2014-11
- Illustrated Yes
- ISBN 9780520277069 / 0520277066
- Weight 1.4 lbs (0.64 kg)
- Dimensions 9 x 6 x 0.73 in (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.85 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Paleontology - Pakistan, Whales - Evolution
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2014003531
- Dewey Decimal Code 569.5
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