Paleontology
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The Invention of Prehistory: Empire, Violence, and Our Obsession with Human Origins
$19.99 Add to cartBooks about the origins of humanity dominate bestseller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings tell us abou… [more below]
- Author: Geroulanos, Stefanos
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 512
- Publish Date: March 04 2025
- ISBN10: 1324096128
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of the Dinosaurs: The 230-Million-Year Story of Their Time on Earth
$16.95 Add to cartDespite their cultural influence, the grand narrative of the dinosaur story is rarely told. Most of us have heard of Stegosaurus and Tyrannosaurus, for example, but these two dinosaurs lived more tha
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Black, Riley
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 17 2025
- ISBN10: 9798893030563
- Language: English
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Tamed: From Wild to Domesticated, the Ten Animals and Plants That Changed Human History
$18.95 Add to cartDogs became companions.
Wheat fed booming populations.
Cattle gave us meat and milk.
Corn fueled the growth of empires.
Potatoes brought feast and famine.
Chickens inspired new branches of science.
Rice pr- Author: Roberts, Alice
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 26 2025
- ISBN10: 9.79889E+12
- Language: English
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Macroevolutionaries: Reflections on Natural History, Paleontology, and Stephen Jay Gould
$27.95 Add to cartOne of the twentieth century’s great paleontologists and science writers, Stephen Jay Gould was, for Bruce S. Lieberman and Niles Eldredge, also a close colleague and friend. In Macroevolutionaries, t
- Author: Lieberman, Bruce
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: September 03 2024
- ISBN10: 0231208103
- Language: English
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The Complete Dinosaur
$85.00 Read morePraise for the first edition
“A gift to serious dinosaur enthusiasts” —Science
“The amount of information in [these] pages is amazing. This book should be on the shelves of dinosaur freaks as well as
- Series: Life of the Past
- Author: Brett-Surman, Michael K.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 1128
- Publish Date: June 27 2012
- ISBN10: 0253357012
- Language: English
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A History of the Waco Mammoth Site: In Pursuit of a National Monument
$19.99 Read moreIn paleontology there are certain encounters considered breakthroughs. Occasionally a unique event is discovered that permanently impacts our interpretation of an entire species.
The Waco Mammoth Site
- Author: Smith, Calvin B.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 134
- Publish Date: March 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1481317709
- Language: English
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King Tyrant: A Natural History of Tyrannosaurus Rex
$39.95 Add to cartA marvelously illustrated look at everything we now know about the fearsome king of the dinosaurs
Tyrannosaurus rex is the world’s favorite dinosaur, adored by the public and the subject of intense st- Author: Witton, Mark P.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: May 13 2025
- ISBN10: 691245584
- Language: English
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Fossils: An Essential Guide
$26.00 Add to cartWith stunning images and an expert guide, explore the world of fossils to uncover the story of life on Earth, from the origins of new life to mass extinctions.
Ancient Earth seems like an alien world- Author: Taylor, Paul D.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 07 2025
- ISBN10: 0226839397
- Language: English
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Why Dinosaurs Matter
$24.99 Read moreWhat can long-dead dinosaurs teach us about our future? Plenty, according to paleontologist Kenneth Lacovara, who has discovered some of the largest creatures to ever walk the Earth.
By tapping into t- Series: Ted Books
- Author: Lacovara, Kenneth
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: September 19 2017
- ISBN10: 1501120107
- Language: English
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Dino Dana: Dino Field Guide: Pterosaurs and Other Prehistoric Creatures! (Dinosaurs for Kids, Science Book for Kids, Fossils, Prehistoric)
$18.95 Add to cartDig into Paleontology with Dino Dana
“If your child loves Dino Dana this book is perfect. My son loves watching Dino Dana and this book quickly became his favorite after reading it for the first time.
- Series: Dino Dana
- Author: Johnson, J. J.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 230
- Publish Date: December 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1642505218
- Language: English
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Dinosaurs: 400 Words for Budding Paleontologists
$16.99 Add to cartLearn 400 words dinosaur scientists–or paleontologists–use, and learn how to talk like a dinosaur expert!
Do you know what pieces of fossilized dinosaur poop are called? (Answer: Coprolites.) How abo
- Series: Merriam-Webster’s Talk Like an Expert
- Author: Lamm, Ellen-Thérèse
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: December 15 2022
- ISBN10: 0877791198
- Language: English
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The Princeton Field Guide to Pterosaurs
$32.00 Add to cartThe most up-to-date and authoritative illustrated guide to the marvelous flying reptiles that dominated the skies of the Mesozoic for 160 million years
Once seen by some as evolutionary dead-enders, p- Series: Princeton Field Guides #122
- Author: Paul, Gregory S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: June 07 2022
- ISBN10: 0691180172
- Language: English
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When the Earth Was Green: Plants, Animals, and Evolution’s Greatest Romance
$29.00 Add to cartWinner, A Friend of Darwin Award, 2024
A gorgeously composed look at the longstanding relationship between prehistoric plants and life on Earth Fossils plants allow us to touch the lost worlds from b- Author: Black, Riley
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: February 25 2025
- ISBN10: 1250288991
- Language: English
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The Lost World of the Dinosaurs: Uncovering the Secrets of the Prehistoric Age
$32.99 Add to cart“An insightful and informative meander through the evolution of dinosaurs and other extinct species, with a touch of personal flair.”–Steve Brusatte, professor and paleontologist at the University of… [more below]
- Author: Schmitt, Armin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 1335081216
- Language: English
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Birds of the Mesozoic
$27.95 Add to cartAn illustrated guide to the marvelously diverse bird life of the dinosaur age
Birds are today’s most diverse tetrapod group, but they have a rich and complex evolutionary history that extends far beyo- Series: Princeton Field Guides #164
- Author: Benito, Juan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0691266565
- Language: English
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The Princeton Field Guide to Predatory Dinosaurs
$32.00 Add to cartAn authoritative illustrated guide to the fearsome predators that dominated the Mesozoic world for 180 million years
New discoveries are transforming our understanding of the theropod dinosaurs, revea- Series: Princeton Field Guides #166
- Author: Paul, Gregory S.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 0691253161
- Language: English
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Uncovering Dinosaur Behavior: What They Did and How We Know
$29.95 Add to cartHow scientists are unravelling one of the most tantalizing questions in paleontology
Our understanding of dinosaur behavior has long been hampered by the inevitable lack of evidence from animals that- Author: Hone, David
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 248
- Publish Date: November 05 2024
- ISBN10: 069121591X
- Language: English
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A History of Dinosaurs in 50 Fossils
$24.95 Add to cartA beautifully illustrated and definitive crash course on dinosaur fossils, from the Allosaurus that use their teeth and jaws to dismember prey to the Sinosauropteryx specimen that confirmed the existe… [more below]
- Author: Barrett, Paul M.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 29 2024
- ISBN10: 1588347338
- Language: English
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Fossil Legends of the First Americans
$20.95 Add to cartThe burnt-red badlands of Montana’s Hell Creek are a vast graveyard of the Cretaceous dinosaurs that lived 68 million years ago. Those hills were, much later, also home to the Sioux, the Crows, and th
- Author: Mayor, Adrienne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 488
- Publish Date: April 11 2023
- ISBN10: 0691245614
- Language: English
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Earth Before the Dinosaurs
$45.00 Read moreThis beautiful volume introduces the incredible animals that populated the planet before the Age of the Dinosaurs. Readers voyage to a time, beginning about 370 million years ago, when the first four-
- Series: Life of the Past
- Author: Steyer, Sébastien
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: June 01 2012
- ISBN10: 0253223806
- Language: English
