Fossil History

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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: 23-02-21
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 16 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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    • A History
    • By: Vaclav Smil
    • Narrated by: David Colacci
    • Length: 20 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 08-05-18
    • Language: English
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    • 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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    • 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: 10-11-20
    • Language: English
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    • 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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    • How Adrienne Mayor Discovered a Fascinating Link Between Myth and Science
    • By: Marc Aronson, Adrienne Mayor
    • Narrated by: Graham Rowat
    • Length: 38 mins
    • Release date: 17-03-15
    • Language: English
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    • Here is the story of one insightful, curious, and determined woman who solved the mystery of the griffin and invented a new science....

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    • A Very Short Introduction
    • By: David Norman
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 5 hrs and 15 mins
    • Release date: 04-09-18
    • Language: English
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    • In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, David Norman discusses how dinosaurs were first discovered and interpreted and how our understanding of them has changed over the past 200 years....

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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: 17-03-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 34 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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    • The Search for Our Human Origins
    • By: Ian Tattersall
    • Narrated by: Bob Souer
    • Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
    • Release date: 12-02-19
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 7 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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    • A Natural History of Vertebrates
    • By: Georg F. Striedter, R. Glenn Northcutt
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 16 hrs and 9 mins
    • Release date: 13-10-20
    • Language: English
    • 2 out of 5 stars 1 rating
    • Brains Through Time examines how vertebrate nervous systems evolved in conjunction with other organ systems and the planet's ecology....

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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: 20-12-22
    • Language: English
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    • 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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    • 91 Fun and Interesting Dinosaur Facts for Kids, Adults, and Families
    • By: Lulu Beck
    • Narrated by: Kelly Rhodes
    • Length: 23 mins
    • Release date: 06-01-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 7 ratings
    • Did someone say dinosaurs? Some of their names are long and funny-sounding, and scientists are learning new facts about dinosaurs every day. There is still so much to know about why they went extinct 65 million years ago....

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    • A Recent History
    • By: Nathaniel Rich
    • Narrated by: Matt Godfrey
    • Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
    • Release date: 09-04-19
    • Language: English
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    • Losing Earth tells the human story of climate change in even richer, more intimate terms. It reveals, in previously unreported detail, the birth of climate denialism and the genesis of the fossil fuel industry’s coordinated effort to thwart climate policy....

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    • Fossil Guide | Geology for Teens | Interactive Science Grade 8 | Children's Earth Sciences Books
    • By: Baby Professor
    • Narrated by: Frank Block
    • Length: 11 mins
    • Release date: 07-07-21
    • Language: English
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    • Fossils are evidences of lives thousands of years ago. Archaeologists search all over the world to find and study them. The purpose of this interactive science book is to help students understand how fossils show changes in life and environmental conditions throughout geologic time....

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    • Ice Cores, Tree Rings and Fossils Grade 5 | Children's Earth Sciences Books
    • By: Baby Professor
    • Narrated by: Frank Block
    • Length: 11 mins
    • Release date: 19-06-21
    • Language: English
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    • Regardless of how the Earth changes, there will always be some records of the past left. These records are not always written in books. Most of the time, they will be in the nature all around you....

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    • The Earth's History in Rocks | Children's Earth Sciences Books
    • By: Baby Professor
    • Narrated by: Carmyn Block
    • Length: 11 mins
    • Release date: 05-11-21
    • Language: English
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    • Fossils hold very important clues about Earth’s history. This audiobook of amazing kid-friendly facts will serve as your guide to unearthing the lost history of this planet....

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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: 23-01-20
    • Language: English
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    • 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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    • Going Where No Lady Had Gone Before (Goldminds Time Traveller Series)
    • By: Billie Holladay Skelley
    • Narrated by: Sandy Vernon
    • Length: 32 mins
    • Release date: 07-12-15
    • Language: English
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    • Travel back to the late 1800s to learn more about the true adventures of Luella Agnes Owen, a female pioneer in the study of caves....

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    • The Need-to-Know Facts
    • By: Kathryn Clay, Jon Hughes
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 13 mins
    • Release date: 25-04-22
    • Language: English
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    • Ankylosaurus and other armored dinosaurs were the tanks of the prehistoric world. Sharp spikes and rock-hard plates protected these plant eaters from dangerous predators....

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    • The Need-to-Know Facts
    • By: Jon Hughes, Rebecca Rissman
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 15 mins
    • Release date: 25-04-22
    • Language: English
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    • Raptors like Velociraptors were small, deadly dinosaurs. These carnivores and omnivores may have looked like birds, but they couldn't get off the ground. Go back to a time when these deadly hunters walked the earth....

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    • The Need-to-Know Facts
    • By: Megan Cooley Peterson, Jon Hughes
    • Narrated by: anonymous
    • Length: 15 mins
    • Release date: 25-04-22
    • Language: English
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    • Tyrannosaurus rex and its relatives were fearsome meat eaters and deadly predators. Their strong teeth and jaws could crush bone. Go back to a time when these mighty carnivores walked the earth....

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