{"product_id":"9780231102292","title":"The Big Cats and Their Fossil Relatives: An Illustrated Guide to Their Evolution and Natural History","description":"AWARDED: A Natural Science Book Club Selection ; A Book-of-the-Month Club Selection; Voted Best Book on Prehistoric Animals of 1997 by the readers of Prehistoric Times\u003cp\u003eA fascinating natural history linking extinct larger feline species with those still living, including lions, tigers, cougars, and cheetahs.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e -As Alan Turner notes, relatively little has been written for the non-specialist about the evolution of the cats. He and artist Mauricio Antón therefore set out to provide 'an authoritative and yet popular and accessible account of the evolution of the larger cats by bringing together the evidence of modern behavior and the fossil record.' Their book does exactly that. Antón's illustrations, refreshingly 'based directly on the skeletal evidence available and . . . not merely slightly altered versions of living cats with the addition of large fangs,' are perhaps the finest ever published. They are intertwined with Turner's cogent text in an eloquent demonstration of the interplay between art and science, paleontology and zoology, predator and prey, ecology and behavior, and anatomy and geography.\u003c\/i\u003e - Science  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Columbia University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50076335472880,"sku":"9780231102292","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780231102292_p0.jpg?v=1784728422","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780231102292","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}