1st edition: unam, Mexico, 2010 Size: 8.50 in x 10.76 in ISBN: 978-607-02-1535-3 MSRP $26.95 USD By the same author The History Told by Plants, 2012 Sergio R. S. Cevallos Ferriz and Laura Calvillo Canadell Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Ámbar, recinto de vida, resguardo de biodiversidad Amber, Life Enclosure, Biodiversity Safeguard Sergio R. S. Cevallos Ferriz and Laura Calvillo Canadell “Amber, Life Enclosure, Biodiversity Safeguard spreads the scientific and cultural value of fossil resin” The secrets of the past and the keys to understand life nowadays have been locked in the golden drops of amber, a resin capable of preserving during millions of years the properties of the living beings trapped inside it. This book opens a little explored subject in the study of crystallized fossils: the abundant acquis of amber arthropods and angiosperms of Chiapas, in Mexico; as well as art and jewelry produced with this material in the region. The book works as an artistic and scientific catalogue from the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, a true jewel of present paleontology. About the authors Sergio Cevallos Ferriz holds doctorate studies by the University of Alberta in Canada and he has been a lecturer and college professor at several international institutions, as well as the author of more than seventy specialized editions. Laura Calvillo Canadell holds a phd degree by the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México and has developed an extensive teaching career in Mexico and abroad. Both are collaborators in the Paleontology Department of the Geology Institute at unam. Author’s Awards Funding for Developing the Project Paleo-Biodiversity in Chiapas. Safeguard and transmission of its historical identity, given by Mixed Fundings conacyt-Chiapas. Funding for Developing the Project Biodiversity of the Cenozoic in Mexico. How and when did plants enlarge their distribution? given by dgapa-unam. Readership • Students and researchers of Biological Sciences • Paleontologists • Artisans and amber collectors 58 www.libros.unam.mx Geology unam Foundation • The description of the catalogued species in this book is added to the beauty of the four-ink photography. • Both, the jewelry as well as the fossils included in this book are a sample of the biological richness in the state of Chiapas, Mexico.
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