Author: U. BleilPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400920296
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 811
Book Description
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Bremen, Germany, October 10-14, 1988
The Middle Miocene Environments and Ecosystem Dynamics of the Eurasian Neogene (EEDEN)
Author: Fritz F. SteiningerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Geology
Languages : en
Pages : 122
Book Description
Geological History of the Polar Oceans: Arctic versus Antarctic
Author: U. BleilPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9400920296
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 811
Book Description
Proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop, Bremen, Germany, October 10-14, 1988
Understanding Climate's Influence on Human Evolution
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309148383
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 128
Book Description
The hominin fossil record documents a history of critical evolutionary events that have ultimately shaped and defined what it means to be human, including the origins of bipedalism; the emergence of our genus Homo; the first use of stone tools; increases in brain size; and the emergence of Homo sapiens, tools, and culture. The Earth's geological record suggests that some evolutionary events were coincident with substantial changes in African and Eurasian climate, raising the possibility that critical junctures in human evolution and behavioral development may have been affected by the environmental characteristics of the areas where hominins evolved. Understanding Climate's Change on Human Evolution explores the opportunities of using scientific research to improve our understanding of how climate may have helped shape our species. Improved climate records for specific regions will be required before it is possible to evaluate how critical resources for hominins, especially water and vegetation, would have been distributed on the landscape during key intervals of hominin history. Existing records contain substantial temporal gaps. The book's initiatives are presented in two major research themes: first, determining the impacts of climate change and climate variability on human evolution and dispersal; and second, integrating climate modeling, environmental records, and biotic responses. Understanding Climate's Change on Human Evolution suggests a new scientific program for international climate and human evolution studies that involve an exploration initiative to locate new fossil sites and to broaden the geographic and temporal sampling of the fossil and archeological record; a comprehensive and integrative scientific drilling program in lakes, lake bed outcrops, and ocean basins surrounding the regions where hominins evolved and a major investment in climate modeling experiments for key time intervals and regions that are critical to understanding human evolution.
The Mediterranean was a Desert
Author: Kenneth J. HsüPublisher:
ISBN: 9780691024066
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
Describes the author's experiences as a member of a scientific deep-sea drilling expedition to explore the geology of the Mediterranean Sea
Handbook of Paleoanthropology
Author: Winfried HenkePublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3540324747
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 2057
Book Description
This 3-volume handbook brings together contributions by the world ́s leading specialists that reflect the broad spectrum of modern palaeoanthropology, thus presenting an indispensable resource for professionals and students alike. Vol. 1 reviews principles, methods, and approaches, recounting recent advances and state-of-the-art knowledge in phylogenetic analysis, palaeoecology and evolutionary theory and philosophy. Vol. 2 examines primate origins, evolution, behaviour, and adaptive variety, emphasizing integration of fossil data with contemporary knowledge of the behaviour and ecology of living primates in natural environments. Vol. 3 deals with fossil and molecular evidence for the evolution of Homo sapiens and its fossil relatives.
Encyclopedia of Paleoclimatology and Ancient Environments
Author: Vivien GornitzPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 1402045514
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1062
Book Description
One of Springer’s Major Reference Works, this book gives the reader a truly global perspective. It is the first major reference work in its field. Paleoclimate topics covered in the encyclopedia give the reader the capability to place the observations of recent global warming in the context of longer-term natural climate fluctuations. Significant elements of the encyclopedia include recent developments in paleoclimate modeling, paleo-ocean circulation, as well as the influence of geological processes and biological feedbacks on global climate change. The encyclopedia gives the reader an entry point into the literature on these and many other groundbreaking topics.
The Black Sea--geology, Chemistry, and Biology
Author: Egon T. DegensPublisher:
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Category : Black Sea
Languages : en
Pages : 656
Book Description
Initial Reports of the Deep Sea Drilling Project
Author: Civilization's Crisis: A Set Of Linked Challenges
Author: John Scales AveryPublisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9813222476
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 416
Book Description
Modern civilization faces a broad spectrum of daunting problems, but rational solutions are available for them all. This book explores the following issues: (1) Threats to the environment and climate change; (2) a growing population and vanishing resources; (3) the global food and refugee crisis; (4) intolerable economic inequality; (5) the threat of nuclear war; (6) the military-industrial complex; and (7) limits to growth. These problems are closely interlinked, and their possible solutions are discussed in this book.
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