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The rise and development of culture and builds up a picture of early man - human progress in all its diversity to the threshold of civilization. 208 pages with illustrations on nearly all pages mostly in colour. Book in very good condition ex library with borrowing sleave remnants on back endpaper and inside back cover. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.
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Ascent to Civilization
by John Gowlett
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Blueprints; Solving the Mystery of Evolution
by Maitland A Edey & Donald C Johanson
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The evolution of the idea of evolution - all we have learned about the shaping of life on earth in the decades since Darwin, recounting the personal battles, sacrifices, and triumphs. 418 pages with 16 pages of black and white photographs and figures in the text. Book in good+ condition ex library with reference on first and last pages, stamp on title and last page, sticker and borrowing sleeve remnants on last page. Dust jacket in very goos condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.
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Bone Hunters: On the Trail of the Dinosaurs
by Stephen Dedman
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Who were the first people to unearth dinosaur fossils and why did they do it? 107 pages drawings throughout the text and a map. Book in near fine condition with some minor marks to top.
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The Book of Life
by Stephen Jay Gould
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Life on Earth, a drama of survival and extinction, for billions of years the only life forms were mostly single-celled bacteria and then came an explosion of life for the last 650 million years. Throughout this time the planet was also changing. 256 pages with numerous illustrations throughout mostly in colour. Book and dust jacket in as new condition.
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British Palaeozoic Fossils
by British Museum (Natural History)
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Palaeozoic time is some 375 million years and during that time some 41 miles of rock were deposited on the earth's surface. A selection of 443 species of animals and plants are illustrated. 208 pages including 69 plates. Book in good+ condition with damage to spine but all intact- text and plates sound and some tanning.
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Bully for Brontosaurus; Reflections in Natural History
by Stephen Jay Gould
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A collection of essays covering six years of writing - a history of our struggle to understand nature. 540 pages with illustrations in the text. Book in very good+ condition with minor spotting to top edge. Dust jacket in very good+ condition.
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The Burgess Shale: Geology and Paleontology in Yoho National Park
by Murray Coppold and Wayne Powell
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The geological history of the Rock Mountains region and the fossils of the Burgess Shales. 76 pages with illustrations on almost all pages. Book in as new condition.
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology
by Andrew Sherratt (Editor)
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The object of the book is to provide a summary over the whole field of archaeological inquiry and in revealing the common history of mankind. 495 pages including numerous photos, drawings and maps. Book in very good condition ex library with stickers on first and last end papers and small stamp on bottom otherwise near fine. Dust jacket in clear wrapper with two library stickers and price clipped otherwise near fine.
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The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Human Evolution
by Steve Jones, Robert Martin and David Pilbeam
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A wide ranging introduction to the human species that places modern humans in evolutionary perspective - from genetics, primatology, and fossil origins to human biology and ecology, brain function and behaviour, demography and disease. 506 pages with numerous illustrations throughout. Book in very good+ condition and would have been near fine except for small knock to bottom corner last 120 pages. This is a large book but no increase in postage in Australia.
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Collins Eyewitness Guides: Fossil
by Paul D Taylor
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What fossils are, how they formed, and how the creatures lived. 64 pages with hundreds of colour photographs. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners names on front endpapers.
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The Dawn of Man
by Steve Parker
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A fascinating visual account of the emergence and evolution of Earth's dominate species. The quest for evidence of our prehistoric origins - over a century of excavation and research has provided vast amounts of fossil and other evidence of our ancestors. 144 pages with illustrations on nearly all pages most in colour. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition with only issue the remnants of small booksellers sticker on front dust jacket (see photo). .
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The Dawn of Man
by Steve Parker
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Explains how various discoveries over the years are now interpreted and placed in context, and describes how old theories have often been overturned or reinterpreted as new evidence comes to light. 144 pages with over 150 color illustrations. Book and dust jacket in near fine condition.
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Deep Time: Cladistics, The Revolution in Evolution
by Henry Gee
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Cladistics is a simple technique of comparison and makes no assumptions about ancestry and descent and it punches holes in our view of evolution. 262 pages. Book in very good condition ex library with stamps on title page and endpapers. Dust jacket in very good condition in clear wrapper with sticker on spine and back.
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The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Part One
by Charles Darwin
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Edition not stated, revised and updated. In Origin of the Species, Darwin gave a clear sketch of his principle of sexual selection and stated that was applicable to man. The book is divided into three Parts: The Descent or Origin of Man; Sexual Selection; Sexual Selection in Relation to Man. 430 pages with 26 Figures in the text, top gilt edged and other edges rough. Book in good+ condition ex library with sticker inside front cover, stamp on first page, margin page 85 and 229, binding showing inside back cover but all intact. Cover has reference on spine and some wear (see photos).
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Dinosaurs, Their discovery and their world
by Edwin H Colbert
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The evolutionary patterns of dinosaurs, discovery of dinosaur fossils, how fossils are located, excavated, preserved and displayed; details on individual dinosaurs; how they functioned; and their environment. 288 pages with 100 Plates and 48 Figures. Book in very good condition with previous owners signature on front endpaper, and sticky tape remnants on front and back endpapers. Dust jacket in good condition price clipped with knocks to corners and edges, some small tears and some wear (see photo).
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Dinosaurs and other Prehistoric Reptiles
by Jane Werner Watson
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The fascinating story of the creatures which roamed the Earth millions of years ago - the dinosaurs. How they came to be, where they lived, and types of dinosaurs. 45 pages with colour illustrations on all pages and endpapers. Book in very good condition with light tanning and some wear to cover (see photo).
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Dinosaur
by David Norman and Angela Milner
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Part of Collins Eyewitness Guides series. The Fascinating world of dinosaurs - their evolution, behaviour, habitats, and why they mysteriously disappeared. 64 pages with colour illustrations on all but last page. Book in very good+ condition with previous owners name on first page and sticker bottom front cover.
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The Dinosaur Hunters: A True Story of Scientific Rivalry & the Discovery of the Prehistoric World
by Deborah Cadbury
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Intrigue and deception, ambition and failed dreams - clashes of the 19th Century men who discovered dinosaurs. 374 pages including 40 pictures throughout the text. Book in very good condition with small marks to top.
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Dragon Bones; The Story of Peking Man
by Penny van Oosterzee
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At the end of the nineteenth century in China, amateur fossil hunters knew that a ready supply of fossils could be found in Chinese backstreets sold as dragon bones to be ground down to be made into powerful medicines. When the sources of these fossils were tracked down sites rich with fossil remains were found including the ancestors of mankind - one of the most famous humanoid fossils of all time - Peking Man. 198 pages with 8 pages of colour photographs and black and white illustrations in the text. Book and dust jacket in very good+ condition with previous owners stamp on front endpaper.
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Dragon Hunter, Roy Chapman Andrews and the Central Asiatic Expeditions
by Charles Gallenkamp
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The incredible life story of Roy Andrews from floor sweeper to international fame as one of the twentieth century's most acclaimed explorers. Led by Andrews the Central Asiatic Expeditions (1922-1930) comprised the most ambitious scientific venture launched from the United States - five expeditions to the Gobi Desert of Mongolia which found the Flaming Cliffs, dinosaur eggs, the first Velociraptor fossil, and a fossil trove of other dinosaurs and extinct mammals. 344 pages with 32 pages of black and white illustrations and end paper map. Book in fine condition. Dust jacket in very good+ condition in clear sleeve, price clipped.
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