Fossil History

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    • The Quest for the Oldest Skeleton and the Origins of Humankind
    • By: Kermit Pattison
    • Narrated by: Roger Wayne
    • Length: 15 hrs and 21 mins
    • Release date: 11-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 517 ratings
    • A behind-the-scenes account of the discovery of the oldest skeleton of a human ancestor, named "Ardi"—a find that shook the world of paleoanthropology and radically altered our understanding of human evolution....

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    • A History
    • By: Vaclav Smil
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 05-08-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 594 ratings
    • In this monumental history, Vaclav Smil provides a comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel-driven civilization and offers listeners a magisterial overview of humanity's energy eras....

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    • Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times
    • By: Adrienne Mayor
    • Narrated by: Donna Postel
    • Length: 8 hrs and 59 mins
    • Release date: 02-23-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 ratings
    • The Greeks and Romans were well aware that a different breed of creatures once inhabited their lands. They frequently encountered fossilized bones of long-extinct species, and they developed sophisticated concepts to explain them, expressed in mythological stories....

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    • The Scientific Revolution in Paleontology
    • By: Michael J. Benton
    • Narrated by: Matthew Waterson
    • Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
    • Release date: 03-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 239 ratings
    • In Dinosaurs Rediscovered, leading paleontologist Michael J. Benton gathers together all the latest paleontological evidence, tracing the transformation of dinosaur study from its roots in antiquated natural history to an indisputably scientific field....

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    • In Search of Future Fossils
    • By: David Farrier
    • Narrated by: Mike Grady
    • Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • What will the world look like in 10,000 years - or 10 million? What kinds of stories will be told about us? In Footprints: In Search of Future Fossils, the award-winning author David Farrier explores the traces we will leave for the very distant future....

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    • The Evolution of the World's Most Famous Human Fossils
    • By: Lydia Pyne
    • Narrated by: Randye Kaye
    • Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 08-16-16
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 38 ratings
    • In Seven Skeletons, historian of science Lydia Pyne explores how seven famous fossils of our ancestors have the social cachet they enjoy today....

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    • Secrets of Mars, Book 1
    • By: Joshua T. Calvert
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
    • Series: Secrets of Mars, Book 1
    • Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins
    • Release date: 09-07-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 315 ratings
    • In 2018, Canadian archaeologist Ron Jackson makes a mind-boggling discovery in Antarctica - right before disappearing without a trace, leaving behind only his controversial theory that humans have lived on Earth far, far longer than we think they have....

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    • The Need-to-Know Facts
    • By: Janet Riehecky, Jon Hughes
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 15 mins
    • Release date: 04-18-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Bird-footed dinosaurs like Iguanodon were plant-eaters that could walk on two legs. Many of the dinosaurs in this group could run away from hungry predators. Others traveled in large herds to stay safe....

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    • Secrets of Mars, Book 3
    • By: Joshua T. Calvert
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
    • Series: Secrets of Mars, Book 3
    • Length: 10 hrs and 58 mins
    • Release date: 11-30-21
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 114 ratings
    • It’s been 20 years since the first manned mission to Mars discovered a human fossil on the Red Planet. Now, the democracies of the West are buckling under a new crisis emerging from Russia: 10,000 liberated Builders, now fully grown and no longer protected by the UN, are forced to flee....

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    • Decoding Four Billion Years of Life, from Ancient Fossils to DNA
    • By: Neil Shubin
    • Narrated by: Marc Cashman
    • Length: 7 hrs and 28 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 311 ratings
    • An exciting and accessible new view of the evolution of human and animal life on Earth. From the author of national bestseller, Your Inner Fish, this extraordinary journey of discovery spans centuries, as explorers and scientists seek to understand the origins....

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    • Secrets of Mars, Book 2
    • By: Joshua T. Calvert
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
    • Series: Secrets of Mars, Book 2
    • Length: 13 hrs and 49 mins
    • Release date: 10-19-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 228 ratings
    • For years, Filio Amorosa has had one goal, and only one goal: getting back to Mars. All that matters is finding out what happened on her mission there, and why she can’t remember any of it. But when she finally discovers the truth, it blows her whole world apart....

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    • The Need-to-Know Facts (Dinosaur Fact Dig)
    • By: Rebecca Rissman, Jon Hughes
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 14 mins
    • Release date: 02-28-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Edmontosaurus and other duckbilled dinosaurs had beaks and strong teeth to eat tough plants. Many of these plant-eaters could communicate with other dinosaurs using the crests on their heads....

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    • The History and Legacy of One of the World’s Most Famous Fossil Sites
    • By: Charles River Editors
    • Narrated by: Bill Hare
    • Length: 1 hr and 30 mins
    • Release date: 01-23-20
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 17 ratings
    • The acrid stench of asphalt and sulfur singes the hairs of people’s nostrils, and when the blustering winds subside, the potent miasma lingers in the air. To the untrained eye, the La Brea Tar Pits seem to be nothing more than simply pools of thick, viscous black sludge....

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    • The Search for Our Human Origins
    • By: Ian Tattersall
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 02-12-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 103 ratings
    • Fifty thousand years ago - merely a blip in evolutionary time - our Homo sapiens ancestors were competing for existence with several other human species, just as their precursors had done for millions of years. Yet something about our species distinguished it from the pack....

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    • The Search for the Conodont Animal
    • By: Simon J. Knell
    • Narrated by: James Cameron Stewart
    • Length: 16 hrs and 47 mins
    • Release date: 12-20-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • A fascinating, comprehensive, accessible account of conodont fossils—one of paleontology's greatest mysteries: "Deserves to be widely read and enjoyed" (Priscum)....

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    • The Need-to-Know Facts
    • By: Kathryn Clay, Jon Hughes
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 11 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Dinosaurs like Stegosaurus had stiff plates on their bodies. Some used their plates to heat themselves up or cool themselves off. This book takes listeners back to a time when these scaly herbivores walked the earth....

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    • The Need-to-Know Facts (Dinosaur Fact Dig)
    • By: Kathryn Clay
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 13 mins
    • Release date: 04-21-22
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2 ratings
    • Dinosaurs such as Triceratops had deadly horns, bony frills, and sharp beaks. Some of these powerful plant eaters were so strong, they could knock down trees....

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