Beasts Before Us
The Untold Story of Mammal Origins and Evolution
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Sigma
- Date of Publication 26 January 2023
- Number of Volumes Paperback
- ISBN 9781472983985
- Binding Paperback
- No. of pages320 pages
- Size 214x134x26 mm
- Weight 351 g
- Language English
- Illustrations Includes 8-page colour section 554
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Long description:
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 new fossils and used new technologies that have upended this story.
In Beasts Before Us, palaeontologist Elsa Panciroli charts the emergence of the mammal lineage, Synapsida, beginning at their murky split from the reptiles in the Carboniferous period, over three hundred million years ago. They 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 accelerating metabolisms to exploit miniaturisation, which was 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 meet the people who make them. In Scotland, she traverses the desert dunes of prehistoric Moray, where quarry workers unearthed the footprints of Permian creatures from before the time of dinosaurs. In South Africa, she introduces us to animals, once called 'mammal-like reptiles', that gave scientists the first hints that our furry kin evolved from a lineage of egg-laying burrowers. In China, new, complete fossilised skeletons reveal mammals that were gliders, shovel-pawed Jurassic moles, and flat-tailed swimmers.
This book radically reframes the narrative of our mammalian ancestors and provides a counterpoint to the stereotypes of mighty dinosaur overlords and cowering little mammals. It turns out the earliest mammals weren't just precursors, they were pioneers.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
1: Isle of Mists and Lagoons
2: A Thoroughly Modern Platypus
3: Like a Hole in the Head
4: The First Age of Mammals
5: Hot-blooded Hunters
6: A Total Disaster
7: Milk Tooth
8: Digital Bones
9: Chinese Revelations
10: Time of Revolt
11: The Journey Home
Epilogue: Triumph of the Little Guy
Acknowledgements
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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