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A nice review of our recent title: Homo sapiens: An appraisal of modern humans by Rajan Jaisinghani has just been published in the Spring 2016 edition of Population Matters Magazine. clicking the cover will take you to the product page The full review (pages 23-24) can be read by clicking here. Unfortunately, the author of the review, Richard Vernon (Secretary of the Oxford Branch of Population Matters), was limited in the word count by the magazine, which allowed him to do little more than cover the content of the book, without being able to expand on his perceived importance of...

We are pleased to announce the forthcoming release of our new title: AMBER PALAEOBIOLOGY by David Penney, which will be available from 2nd May. Siri Scientific Press (2016) 978-0-9929979-7-7128 pp, 210 x 148 mm, soft cover, 62 colour photographs & illustrationsFrom the back coverFossils in amber provide a unique insight into the evolutionary history of arthropods (insects, spiders and their relatives), the most diverse and ecologically important group of animals on the planet today. The fossils provide direct evidence of many groups familiar to us now, living alongside extinct forms such as the dinosaurs. Furthermore, the fossils occur in staggering...

Congratulations to Max Stockdale of the University of Bristol for winning one of our book tokens for his student talk at the Palaeontological Association Annual Meeting held in December. The book you requested will be winging its way to you shortly. The details of Max's talk are as follows: Phylogeny and macroevolution of crocodylomorphs*Max T. Stockdale1, Michael J. Benton1, Mario Bronzati2, Marco B. de Andrade3 and Gavin T. Thomas41-University of Bristol, UK, 2-Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Geologie, Germany, 3-Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 4-University of Sheffield, UK ABSTRACTThe Crocodylomorpha present a unique dichotomy in their...

Siri Scientific Press are pleased to announce that they have adopted the policy of selling all their titles at below the RRP on their website as a thank you to customers who purchase directly from us. We are fully aware that there are many other outlets available for customers who wish to purchase our books, but we are always grateful when customers purchase directly from us. It helps us to produce new and interesting titles more quickly and helps us support our other related activities, including: Sponsoring scientific meetings and offering prizes for new research students   Vera Opatova (Czech...

The discovery of the first-ever fossil specimens of an “asterid” flowering plant was published yesterday in the journal Nature Plants. The perfectly preserved fossilised flowers were found in 16 million-year-old Dominican amber and belong to the genus Strychnos, which ultimately gave rise to some of the world’s most famous poisons, such as strychnine and curare. 16 million-year-old Strychnos flower in Dominican amber Researcher George Poinar, Jr., a courtesy professor in the College of Science at Oregon State University, said, “Species of the genus Strychnos are almost all toxic in some way. Each plant has its own alkaloids with varying effects....