
Paleontology
A Brief History of Life
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Brett Barry
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Ian Tattersall
Ian Tattersall, a highly esteemed figure in the fields of anthropology, archaeology, and paleontology, leads a fascinating tour of the history of life and the evolution of human beings. Starting at the very beginning, Tattersall examines patterns of change in the biosphere over time, and the correlations of biological events with physical changes in the Earth's environment. He introduces the complex of evolutionary processes, situates human beings in the luxuriant diversity of Life (demonstrating that however remarkable we may legitimately find ourselves to be, we are the product of the same basic forces and processes that have driven the evolutionary histories of all other creatures), and he places the origin of our extraordinary spiritual sensibilities in the context of the exaptational and emergent acquisition of symbolic cognition and thought.
Concise and yet comprehensive, historically penetrating and yet up-to-date, responsibly factual and yet engaging, Paleontology serves as the perfect entree to science's greatest story. The book is published by Templeton Press.
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a pleasant surprise
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Interestingly, on another point, this author, as a scientist, exhibited a common pitfall - sucking-up to the powers that be (or, in a democracy, whatever the current frivolous fashion is). Here, he sucks-up to everyone from the religious to LGBT's (nearly in the same breath) - a good example of the general philosophical cluelessness among scientists (though it is a human-wide problem).
Tbough I am well-read in paleontology, I gained some new information, which was nice for a general intro book.
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Were the concepts of this book easy to follow, or were they too technical?
Not at all too technical; this book is geared towards persons with little background in science.Brief and concise.
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Concise overview
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great summary of where we are with understanding
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I had to rewind now and then.
It is a wonderful theme.
Our history!…
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Very interesting
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I would have greatly preferred if Tattersal had explained more about how the field began, how its scientists refined it over many decades, and who they were. Without learning about, for example, *who* Cuvier was and how people thought in his day, how can one appreciate his early contribution to the depth of this exciting field of research? And how can one understand the ethical significance of The Bone Wars without knowing much more about the two men involved? There are too many interesting stories about how the field has advanced to focus just on its findings. This feels like a classic history textbook: just "one damned fact after another."
I wanted much more...
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