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Beasts Before Us : The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution
Panciroli, Elsa
For most of us, the story of mammal evolution starts after the asteroid
impact that killed the dinosaurs, but over the last 20 years scientists
have uncovered remarkable fossils and new technologies that have upended
this story. In Beasts Before Us, palaeontologist Elsa Panciroli
charts the emergence of the mammal lineage, the Synapsida, beginning
with their murky split from the reptiles in the Carboniferous period,
more than three-hundred million years ago; these animals made the world
theirs long before the rise of dinosaurs. Travelling forward into the
Permian and then Triassic periods, we learn how our ancient mammal
ancestors evolved from large, hairy beasts with fast metabolisms to
exploit miniaturisation, the key to unlocking the traits that define
mammals as we now know them.
Elsa criss-crosses the globe to
explore the sites where discoveries are being made and to meet the
people who make them. In Scotland, she traverses the desert dunes of
prehistoric Moray, where quarry workers unearthed the footprints of
Permian synapsids; in South Africa, she introduces us to animals that
gave scientists the first hints that our furry kin evolved from a
lineage of egg-laying burrowers; and in China, new and astounding fossil
finds reveal a suite of ancient mammals including gliders, shovel-pawed
moles, and flat-tailed swimmers. This brilliantly written book
radically reframes the narrative of our mammalian ancestors, providing a
counterpoint to the stereotype of cowering Mesozoic mammals hiding away
from their mighty dinosaur overlords.
The earliest mammals weren’t just precursors - they were pioneers.
Kustantaja: UKBooks
Sidosasu:
ean: 9781472983985
Ilmestymisvuosi: 2023
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