''Mammoths, Sabertooths, and Hominids: 65 Million Years of Mammalian Evolution in Europe'' is a book written by

Jordi Agustí Jordi Agustí is a Spanish paleontologist at the ''Instituto de Paleoecología Humana y Evolución Social'' at the Universitat Rovira i Virgili. His research is mainly focused on the evolution of mammal fossils in relation to changing climates in ...

and illustrated by Mauricio Antón. It was first published in 2002 by

Columbia University Press Columbia University Press is a university press based in New York City, and affiliated with Columbia University. It is currently directed by Jennifer Crewe (2014–present) and publishes titles in the humanities and sciences, including the fiel ...

. The book is a journey through of palaeontological records, from the extinction of the dinosaurs to just before present. Notwithstanding the title, the book includes the complex evolutionary records of most continents within its pages – thoroughfully described by Agustí and breathtakingly illustrated by Antón. Agustí and Antón provide a broad overview of the Tertiary history of mammals in Europe: the evolutionary changes within the European fauna as well as the fates of immigrant taxa that arrived from other continents.

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