Why Elephants Have Big Ears : Understanding Patterns of Life on Earth

Chris Lavers

ISBN 10: 0575402105 / ISBN 13: 9780575402102

Published by Orion Paperbacks, 2001

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Why Elephants Have Big Ears : Understanding Patterns of Life on Earth
• Publisher: Orion Paperbacks
• Publication Date: 2001
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0575402105
• ISBN 13: 9780575402102
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: new

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Synopsis

Why are all the big land animals on Earth mammals? Why are reptiles so small today when they were so huge in the Age of Dinosaurs? Why are rivers, lakes and swamps dominated by large cold-blooded reptiles and not by mammals? Why are there so many birds on Earth and why are they all so small?

In this beautifully written and utterly compelling book Lavers scours the fields of biology, physiology, ecology and palaeontology to find answers to these global-scale questions. In the process he reveals a fundamentally new view of life on Earth, one that offers no room for notions of superiority and inferiority in nature.

‘If you want to understand evolution, read this’ David Bellamy

About the Author

Chris Lavers was born in 1965, and is Senior Lecturer in animal ecology, evolutionary biology and the philosophy of science at the University of Nottingham. He is a consultant to English Nature, the RSPB, and the Department of the Environment.