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Evolving Eden: An Illustrated Guide to the Evolution of the African Large Mammal Fauna
Paper, 304 pages, 54 color illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-11945-0
$26.95
/ £15.95
October, 2004
Cloth, 304 pages, 54 color illus
ISBN: 978-0-231-11944-3
$75.00
/ £44.00
"This is an important book." — John Laurence Kelland, American Reference Books Annual
"This artistic and scholarly triumph belongs in all academic libraries...Highly recommended." — Choice
"A fascinating read and a visual feast, this book lays the foundation for a deeper appreciation of contemporary African wildlife." — Ethnology, Ecology & Evolution
"This book can be recommended for its illustrations alone... Add to this extensive research and explanations and you have an excellent book on the evolution of African large mammals." — E-Streams
"Important for present-day conservationalists who want to protect this "Garden of Eden."" — Asad R. Rahmani, Hornbill
"[It] fills an obvious gap in the popular scientific literature... It is a worthy addition to any fossil fan's library. " — Fossil News
"Evolving Eden expansively documents, in text and singular illustrations, the context and nature of emergence, over some thirty million years, of the species-rich, distinctively African mammal fauna. It highlights its foreign and indigenous roots, innumerable species appearances and extinctions, all within the framework of often massive, far-reaching physical and environmental transformations of that vast, and ancient pan-equatorial landmass. In addition to its important illumination of natural history, past and present, of the ill-named 'dark continent,' this book clearly examines the emergence and subsequent evolution of humans. This is an exceptionally useful and stimulating volume." — F. Clark Howell, professor emeritus of anthropology, University of California, Berkeley