The Evolving Earth

by Donald R. Prothero

Prothero and Dott's classic Evolution of the Earth is a seminal work in the field. Changing curricula have created a need for a more accessible historical geology text that will assume no pre-requisites and be pitched appropriately to non-majors. The book is written in a lively and entertaining style similar to that employed by Dr. Prothero's many trade books. It will employ his trademark themes of evolution and "why and how we know what we know". In keeping with its more accessible approach the book will emphasize popular topics such as dinosaurs, mass extinctions, ice ages, climate change, and the origins of Earth and life.

488 pages, Paperback

Published September 1, 2019

About the author

Donald R. Prothero is a Professor of Geology at Occidental College and Lecturer in Geobiology at the California Institute of Technology. He teaches Physical and Historical Geology, Sedimentary Geology, and Paleontology. His specialties are mammalian paleontology and magnetic stratigraphy of the Cenozoic. His current research focuses on the dating of the climatic changes that occurred between 30 and 40 million years ago, using the technique of magnetic stratigraphy. Dr. Prothero has been a Guggenheim and NSF Fellow, a Fellow of the Linnean Society, and in 1991 received the Schuchert Award of the Paleontological Society for outstanding paleontologist under the age of 40, the same award won by the renowned paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould. He has authored or co-edited numerous books, including Horns, Tusks, Hooves and Flippers: The Evolution of Hoofed Mammals, the best-selling textbook from McGraw-Hill, Evolution of the Earth, Evolution: What the Fossils Say & Why it Matters, Bringing Fossils to Life, After the Dinosaurs, and the textbook Sedimentary Geology. He is also a Technical Editor of the Journal of Paleontology.