Introduction .................................................... 3
Chapter 1: Rocks, Time, and Fossils ............................ 7
Chapter 2: Evolutionary Processes ............................. 19
Chapter 3: The Tree of Life ................................... 33
Chapter 4: In the Beginning ................................... 44
Chapter 5: The Paleozoic: "Ancient Life" ...................... 53
Chapter 6: The Age of Dinosaurs ............................... 80
Chapter 7: The Age of Mammals ................................ 113
Chapter 8: Of Whales and Primates ............................ 135
Chapter 9: Walkers and Toolmakers ............................ 149
Chapter 10: A Cognitive Revolution ............................ 178
Acknowledgments ............................................... 205
Bibliography .................................................. 207
Index ......................................................... 219
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