Paleontology
A Brief History of Life

Paleontology A Brief History of Life by Ian Tattersall It is difficult for human beings to grasp the very long time scales and complicated processes that are responsible for the evolution of life on Earth. “Paleontology,” by Ian Tattersall, is intended to be a brief introduction, something like a fi......more

It's a short, agile guide to, well, paleontology; it's engaging, well-researched and up-to-date. Unfortunately I was let down by some factors, one at least independent of the book itself, namely the Audible reader, who put too little time between the chapters and the internal divisions (thus blurrin......more

I listened to this as an audiobook, though goodreads says such an edition doesn't exist. I actually liked this book a great deal. I'm pretty certain it is an introductory textbook, which means it uses the field's terminology, and doesn't fell obligated to stick to crowd pleasing topics. I like this......more

A nice introduction to paleontology and the evolution of life on Earth. However, the ending is too much accommodating to religion and the Templeton organization, in my opinion. Not surprising considering that the Templeton organization financed and published the book.......more

Interesting inferences and the reasons behind them about several species and how they lived.......more