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The walking whales
J. G. M. Thewissen
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An edition of The walking whales (2014)

The walking whales

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"A ... first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales. As evidenced in the record, whales evolved from herbivorous forest-dwelling ancestors that resembled tiny deer to carnivorous monsters stalking lakes and rivers and to serpentlike denizens of the coast. Thewissen reports on his discoveries in the wilds of India and Pakistan, weaving a narrative that reveals the day-to-day adventures of fossil collection, enriching it with local flavors from South Asian culture and society"--Dust jacket flap.

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English
Pages
245

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Subjects
Whales, Evolution, Fossil Whales, Paleontology, Paleontology, asia
Places
Pakistan, India

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Table of Contents

A wasted dig
Fish, mammal, or dinosaur?
A whale with legs
Learning to swim
When the mountains grew
Passage to India
A trip to the beach
The otter whale
The ocean is a desert
The skeleton puzzle
The river whales
Whales conquer the world
From embryos to evolution
Before whales
The way forward.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-231) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
569/.5
Library of Congress
QE882.C5 T484 2015, QE882.C5T484 2015, QE882.C5 T484 2014

The Physical Object

Pagination
ix, 245 pages
Number of pages
245

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27171379M
ISBN 10
0520277066
ISBN 13
9780520277069
LCCN
2014003531
OCLC/WorldCat
898161972, 876370603, 2014003531

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