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    Looking at the Cat:An Eye on Evolution
    Looking at the Cat:An Eye on Evolution
    Looking at the Cat:An Eye on Evolution
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    Looking at the Cat:An Eye on Evolution

    By Mary Jo Nickum

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    “The history of the domestic cat may stretch back even further, as 8,000-year-old bones of humans and cats were found buried together on the island of Cyprus.”

    The history of the cat goes back much further than the Egyptians, as the reader will find out when reading “Looking at the Cat, An Eye on Evolution”. This book is an overview of Darwin’s Theory of Evolution as it relates to the cat. The student not only is exposed to the concepts of evolution but, at the same time, is shown examples of how evolution has progressed and the timeframe during which these changes have taken place. The book contains 44 pictures, photos and graphs along with 10 sidebars to further supplement the text.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherAquitaine Ltd
    Release dateSep 14, 2017
    ISBN9780998085883
    Looking at the Cat:An Eye on Evolution
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    Mary Jo Nickum

    Mary Jo Nickum is a retired librarian, teacher, writer and editor. She is also a biologist, specializing in fish and other aquatic as well as terrestrial life. She enjoys writing about biological subjects for kids. Visit her website www.asktheanimallady.com for more about animals.

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      Looking at the Cat:An Eye on Evolution - Mary Jo Nickum

      Looking At The Cat

      An Eye on Evolution

      MARY JO NICKUM

      Aquitaine Ltd

      Phoenix, Arizona

      It is not the strongest species that survives, nor the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is most adaptable to change.

      Charles Darwin

      Looking At The Cat

      An Eye on Evolution

      MARY JO NICKUM

      Aquitaine Ltd

      Phoenix, Arizona

      Cover design by JD Smith Design

      Copyright © 2015 Mary Jo Nickum

      All rights reserved. This book or any portion thereof may not be reproduced or used in any manner whatsoever without the express written permission of the publisher except for the use of brief quotations in a book review.

      Library of Congress Control Number: 2016944892

      ISBN-10: 0-692-67144-7

      ISBN-13: 978-0-692-67144-3

      www.aquitaineltd.com

      Advanced Praise for

      LOOKING AT THE CAT; AN EYE ON EVOLUTION…

      …you cover the subject very well…the book should be useful to students. We certainly need more books like this.

      —Harley Shaw, Director The Cougar Network

      Author of Soul among Lions, the Cougar as Peaceful Adversary

      Quite a story, well researched, well written and very courageous.

      —Dr. Valerius Geist, wildlife researcher and

      Professor Emeritus The University of Calgary, Alberta.

      I believe it would be great to have the information out there for students to read. Your LOOKING AT THE CAT; AN EYE ON EVOLUTION helps to fill that niche.

      —Dr. Gene Ulrich National Teacher of the Year Finalist

      Dedication

      This book is dedicated to young people everywhere who

      Don’t like to or find it difficult to read and

      Who, therefore, live on the fringes of a happy, healthy life.

      Learn to enjoy reading and the world can be yours.

      Believe in yourselves.

      Illustration List

      Figure 1a Prehistoric Forest

      Figure 1b Prehistoric Forest

      Figure 2 The Dirk-Tooth Cat Skull

      Figure 3 The Simitar-Tooth Cat

      Figure 4 Temperature Change

      Figure 5 Protoceratids

      Figure 6 Prehistoric Wild Horses

      7a. First wave of Feline Migration

      7b. Second wave of Feline Migration

      Figure 8 Land Cracking From Earthquake

      Figure 9 Continental Drift Map

      Figure 10 Charles Darwin

      Figure 11 Heritable Charges Over Time

      Figure 12 Creodon

      Figure 13 Nimravidae

      Figure 14 Dinictis

      Figure 15 Parallel Evolution

      Figure 16 Miacidae

      Figure 17 Viverravidae

      Figure 18 Proailurus Lemanensis (first cat)

      Figure 19 Pseudaelurus lorteti

      Figure 20 Sabre-Tooth Cat

      Figure 21 Modern cat (Felis silvestris)

      Figure 22 Sabre-Tooth Cat Skull

      Figure 23 Dinaelurus crassus

      Figure 24 Simitar Cat Fossil

      Figure 25 Rancho La Brea

      Figure 26a Oil bubble in Tar Pit in downtown Los Angeles

      Figure 26b Map of Los Angeles showing tar pit location

      Figure 27 Pool of Water Covering Tar Pit

      Figure 28 Friesenhahn Cave

      Figure 29 American Scimitar Cat Skull

      Figure 30 Smilodon Skeleton

      Figure 31 Panthera leo atrox (American Lion)

      Figure 32 A cave to where scimitar cats drug their prey to eat

      Figure 33 Richmond Hill Fossil Site

      Figure 34 Chadron Formation and extends from Nebraska to Saskatchewan, Canada

      Figure 35 Sediment Layers Record Times

      Figure 36 Forest to grassland from the late Oligocene through the Miocene (from

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