{"product_id":"the-story-of-the-mammals-in-25-discoveries-amazing-fossils-and-the-people-who-found-them-hardcover","title":"The Story of the Mammals in 25 Discoveries: Amazing Fossils and the People Who Found Them - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eDonald R. Prothero\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow do we know that mammals lived alongside the dinosaurs? What proves that whales evolved from four-legged land animals and are related to hippos? Did hunting by humans or climate change cause the extinction of mammoths? How far back would we need to go to see that horses were once almost identical to tapirs and rhinos? \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDonald R. Prothero takes readers on a journey through the history of mammals, opening a window onto the worlds of some of the most incredible and peculiar animals that ever lived. He tells the dramatic stories of fossil findings and the paleontologists who unraveled them, showing how scientific ingenuity advanced our knowledge of both ancient and present-day mammals. Alongside iconic animals like mastodons, dire wolves, and sabertoothed cats, Prothero introduces readers to a vast range of little-known prehistoric creatures. Some resemble their living relatives, but with a twist: short-necked giraffes, camels without humps, rhinos without horns, bear-sized beavers. Others are like nothing alive today, such as chalicotheres, which look like a cross between a horse and gorilla but with claws, and uintatheres, which one scientist compared to \"giant horned bunnies.\" Lively and informative, \u003ci\u003e The Story of the Mammals in 25 Discoveries\u003c\/i\u003e highlights the wonder, beauty, and strangeness of the creatures that have shared our world.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eDonald R. Prothero is a paleontology and geology researcher, teacher, and author. He is adjunct professor of geological sciences at California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, and research associate in vertebrate paleontology at the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. His Columbia University Press books include \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Earth's Climate in 25 Discoveries: How Scientists Found the Connections Between Climate and Life\u003c\/i\u003e (2024) and \u003ci\u003eThe Story of Evolution in 25 Discoveries: The Evidence and the People Who Found It\u003c\/i\u003e (2020).\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.6 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 18, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46048952746028,"sku":"9780231218306","price":68.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0618\/6260\/8940\/files\/L3cJaHF4x79780231218306.webp?v=1787767219","url":"https:\/\/littleredgeneralstore.com\/products\/the-story-of-the-mammals-in-25-discoveries-amazing-fossils-and-the-people-who-found-them-hardcover","provider":"Little Red General Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}