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Fossil Whisperer, The: How Wendy Sloboda Discovered a Dinosaur
Par Helaine Becker, Sandra Dumais. 2022
A captivating look at the life of a modern-day fossil hunter who makes the find of a lifetime. Wendy has…
an eye for the unusual and is skilled at finding things that others don't see. On a middle school field trip, she spots one of those unusual things --- it's fossilized coral 100 million years old! Wendy's thrilled! And soon, she gets hooked on hunting fossils. She decides to turn her passion into her career and becomes known as the “fossil whisperer” around the world. But it's close to home where she makes her most amazing find: Wendiceratops! Make no bones about it, a dinosaur species named after you is way cool! Kids will be wondering: what might be buried where I live?The origin of humankind (Science masters series)
Par Richard Leakey, Richard E Leakey. 1994
The author traces the history of evolution theories and draws on his scientific analysis of human fossils to explain human…
origins. Leakey's position is that in spite of what certain evolutionary events suggest, it is social behavior, not mechanical devices like tools, that drives the evolutionary forceWhat happened to the dinosaurs? (A Let's read-and-find-out science book)
Par Marc Simont, Franklyn M. Branley, Franklyn Mansfield Branley. 1989
After living on earth for 140 million years, the dinosaurs all disappeared. Scientists are not certain why, but there are…
many theories. (A theory is an idea, or possible explanation.) This book discusses several of these theories. For grades K-3. 1989Wonderful life: the Burgess Shale and the nature of history
Par Stephen Jay Gould. 1990
Strange creatures once lived in an ancient sea that formed the Burgess Shale, a limestone quarry high in the Canadian…
Rockies. Gould's account of the 1909 discovery of the Burgess fossils and their incorrect classification forms one part of this book; another deals with the evolution of the creatures that survived the fossils' era, and their place in the history of lifeDinosaur Mountain: graveyard of the past
Par Caroline Arnold, Richard Hewett. 1989
Fossils are traces or remains of ancient life. People who study them are called paleontologists, and they search for clues…
to what life was like long ago. The author describes the work of paleontologists in learning about dinosaurs, especially the discoveries made at Dinosaur National Monument in Utah. For grades 4-7 and older readersWild new world: The epic story of animals and people in america
Par Dan Flores. 2022
In 1908, near Folsom, New Mexico, a cowboy discovered the remains of a herd of extinct giant bison. By examining…
flint points embedded in the bones, archeologists later determined that a band of humans had killed and butchered the animals 12,450 years ago. This discovery vastly expanded America's known human history but also revealed the long-standing danger Homo sapiens presented to the continent's evolutionary richness. Distinguished scholar Dan Flores's ambitious history chronicles the epoch in which humans and animals have coexisted in the "wild new world" of North America-a place shaped both by its own grand evolutionary forces and by momentous arrivals from Asia, Africa, and Europe. With portraits of iconic creatures such as mammoths, horses, wolves, and bison, Flores describes the evolution and historical ecology of North America like never before. In thrilling narrative style, informed by genomic science, evolutionary biology, and environmental history, Flores celebrates the astonishing bestiary that arose on our continent and introduces the complex human cultures and individuals who hastened its eradication, studied America's animals, and moved heaven and earth to rescue them. Eons in scope and continental in scale, Wild New World is a sweeping yet intimate Big History of the animal-human story in AmericaPrehistoric: Dinosaurs, Megalodons, and Other Fascinating Creatures of the Deep Past
Par Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld, Julius Csotonyi. 2019
A look at the history of life on Earth starts in the present and goes back hundreds of millions of…
years to the Ediacaran Period, profiling the creatures that existed at each time. For grades 2-4. 2019Dinosaurs in the attic: an excursion into the American Museum of Natural History
Par Douglas J Preston. 1986
Somewhat whimsical history of Manhattan's American Museum of Natural History by a longtime museum staffer. No more than two percent…
of the museum's collection is on exhibit on its 700,000 square feet of floor space; the rest is squirreled away in twenty-three interconnected buildings. Preston takes us on a grand tour of its library of bones, labs, vaults, corridors, and storage rooms, reporting on the museum's mind-boggling treasuresCambrian ocean world: Ancient sea life of north america (Life of the Past)
Par John Foster. 2022
This volume, aimed at the general audience, presents life and times of the amazing animals that inhabited Earth more than…
500 million years ago. The Cambrian Period was a critical time in Earth's history. During this immense span of time nearly every modern group of animals appeared. Although life had been around for more than 2 million millennia, Cambrian rocks preserve the record of the first appearance of complex animals with eyes, protective skeletons, antennae, and complex ecologies. Grazing, predation, and multi-tiered ecosystems with animals living in, on, or above the sea floor became common. The cascade of interaction led to an ever-increasing diversification of animal body types. By the end of the period, the ancestors of sponges, corals, jellyfish, worms, mollusks, brachiopods, arthropods, echinoderms, and vertebrates were all in place. The evidence of this Cambrian "explosion" is preserved in rocks all over the world, including North America, where the seemingly strange animals of the period are preserved in exquisite detail in deposits such as the Burgess Shale in British Columbia. Cambrian Ocean World tells the story of what is, for us, the most important period in our planet's long historyMammoths on the move
Par Lisa Wheeler, Kurt Cyrus. 2006
Join a pack of woolly mammoths as they trek south for the winter, braving fierce storms, deadly predators, and raging…
rivers while making their slow journey across the gorgeous unspoiled lands of this continent until finally they reach their goal. The author draws readers into the mystery of prehistory and of one of the most awesome beasts to ever walk the earth. For grades K-3Dark matter and the dinosaurs: the astounding interconnectedness of the universe
Par Lisa Randall. 2015
Physicist examines the nature of dark matter in the universe and hypothesizes its role in the extinction of dinosaurs sixty-six…
million years ago. Explores scientific understandings of the universe, Milky Way, solar system, and conditions for a habitable Earth in the early twenty-first century. 2015Battle of the dinosaur bones: Othniel Charles Marsh vs. Edward Drinker Cope (Scientific rivalries and scandals)
Par Rebecca L Johnson. 2013
Recounts the rivalry between paleontologists Edward Drinker Cope (1840-1897) and Othniel Charles Marsh (1831-1899). Discusses their ambitions, major scientific discoveries,…
and errors they made--such as incorrectly reconstructing bones--in their rush for fame. For junior and senior high and older readers. 2012Le présent du passé: l'actualité de l'histoire de l'homme (Poches Odile Jacob)
Par Yves Coppens. 2011
"Qui est l'ancêtre direct du genre humain ? En quoi la découverte de Lucy est-elle fondamentale ? Comment les premiers…
hominidés ont-ils quitté l'Afrique ? Qui étaient donc les petits hommes de Flores ? De quand dater les premiers peuplements de Chine ? Quel est le véritable inventeur du feu ? À toutes ces grandes questions, Yves Coppens, dans ce livre qui lui ressemble, à la fois profond et plein d'humour, donne des réponses tout à fait nouvelles.Partant des origines de l'homme, il nous raconte aussi la romanisation de la Gaule, l'industrie du sel ou encore la culture viking et nous fait prendre ainsi conscience de l'actualité étonnante de ce passé dont nous sommes tous issus." -- 4e de couvDanger in the desert: true adventures of a dinosaur hunter (Sterling Point Bks.)
Par Roger Cohen. 2008
Traces the life and career of American paleontologist Roy Chapman Andrews (1884-1960), whose 1922 expedition discovered an enormous dinosaur fossil…
trove in the Flaming Cliffs of Mongolia's Gobi Desert. Recounts Andrews's death-defying escapes from dangerous animals, terrain, and people while on the pursuit of scientific artifacts. For grades 6-9. 2008Dinosaur eggs discovered!: unscrambling the clues (Discovery!)
Par Lowell Dingus. 2008
Three scientists discuss their 1977 discovery in Argentina of dinosaur eggs, embryos, and fossilized bones. They explain their methods for…
identifying which dinosaurs laid the eggs and present evidence of what conditions killed the embryos and preserved the nesting grounds. For grades 6-9 and older readers. 2008The discovery and mystery of a dinosaur named Jane (Prime)
Par Judith Williams. 2008
Describes the hard work and excitement of the Illinois Burpee Museum employees, from hunting for fossils in the Montana badlands…
in 2001 to the opening of the dinosaur exhibit in 2005 that features their discovery, a young Tyrannosaurus rex. For grades 3-6. 2008After the dinosaurs: mammoths and fossil mammals (I Can Read Bks.)
Par Charlotte Lewis Brown. 2006
Dinosaur tracks (Let's-read-and-find-out Science 2 Ser.)
Par Kathleen Weidner Zoehfeld. 2007
Explains that fossils of dinosaur footprints found today are the result of tracks made and preserved millions of years ago.…
Includes an activity for making your own fossil handprints or footprints. For grades 2-4. 2007How to build a dinosaur: extinction doesn't have to be forever
Par James Gorman, John R. Horner. 2009
Paleontologist Horner and science editor Gorman explore the feasibility of re-creating dinosaurs without prehistoric DNA by manipulating genetic codes found…
in the embryos of modern birds, descendants of dinosaurs. Discusses principles of evolutionary developmental biology, scientific techniques, and ethical issues. 2009Beasts of Eden: walking whales, dawn horses, and other enigmas of mammal evolution
Par David Rains Wallace. 2004
Naturalist examines ancient mammal fossils and the paleontological battles about evolution that followed their discoveries. Discusses such scientists as Georges…
Cuvier, Richard Owen, Edward D. Cope, George Gaylord Simpson, and Stephen Jay Gould and describes their ideas and controversies. 2004