The Eternal Frontier leads the reader on a 65-million-year quest to understand the formation of North America. From the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous Period to the present day, Flannery explores America's history with keen insight and an extraordinary breadth of knowledge. Ultimately, human beings had to face the environmental vicissitudes of the continent, and Flannery's exploration of the ways in which we have coped makes for fascinating reading.
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The Eternal Frontier leads the reader on a 65-million-year quest to understand the formation of North America. From the asteroid impact that wiped out the dinosaurs at the end of the Cretaceous Period to the present day, Flannery explores America's history with keen insight and an extraordinary breadth of knowledge. Ultimately, human beings had to face the environmental vicissitudes of the continent, and Flannery's exploration of the ways in which we have coped makes for fascinating reading.
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Very Good in No d/j as Published jacket. Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall; Type: Book N.B. Small plain labels to inside front cover. Fading to spine. (ANTHROPOLOGY)
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Good. Fading/creases to spine. Light scratches to cover & minor creases/scuffs to edges. Tanning around page edges. Text very good. 432 p. Intended for professional and scholarly audience. Intended for college/higher education audience.
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i saw this book at a state park in mass. following a talk on the early inhabitants of the area 10,000 years ago. this book is an eye opener about the history of earth. some of it was difficult for me to follow, but overall it was super interesting and most thought provoking.