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  • After the Dinosaurs

  • The Age of Mammals (Life of the Past Series)
  • By: Donald R. Prothero
  • Narrated by: Will Tulin
  • Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (20 ratings)

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After the Dinosaurs

By: Donald R. Prothero
Narrated by: Will Tulin
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The fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago (except for their feathered descendants). In their place evolved an enormous variety of land creatures, especially mammals, which in their way were every bit as remarkable as their Mesozoic cousins. The Age of Mammals, the Cenozoic Era, has never had its Jurassic Park, but it was an amazing time in earth's history, populated by a wonderful assortment of bizarre animals.

The rapid evolution of thousands of species of mammals brought forth many incredible creatures—including our own ancestors. Their story is part of a larger story of new life emerging from the greenhouse conditions of the Mesozoic, warming up dramatically about 55 million years ago, and then cooling rapidly so that 33 million years ago the glacial ice returned. The earth's vegetation went through equally dramatic changes, from tropical jungles in Montana and forests at the poles. Life in the sea underwent striking evolution reflecting global climate change, including the emergence of such creatures as giant sharks, seals, sea lions, dolphins, and whales.

Engaging and insightful, After the Dinosaurs is a book for everyone who has an abiding fascination with the remarkable life of the past.

©2006 Donald R. Prothero (P)2023 Tantor
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I appreciated that Prothero presented many hypotheses and theories as scientific debates, rather than just treating them as agreed facts, which is something often missing from many pop culture science books. Although the final chapter he seemed to want to simplify human civilizations and reverted to the common practice.

I found the narrator’s mispronunciation of many words frustrating.

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Mammals are immersed in minutia.

Very scholarly and detailed. But the book title suggests an account of mammals after KT event. But the mammals are diluted and drowned out by a lot of detail and minutia on mollusks, snails, crocodiles, left over lizards etc., etc. It is really written for practitioners in this field. Not for lay readers like me, who have no background or interest in the minutia.
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It was a great listen. I love books like this! Now one about early hominid lifestyle

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