Prehistoric life

Book 2009

With an extensive catalog at its heart, "Prehistoric Life" profiles hundreds of fascinating species in incredible detail; features breathtaking, state-of-the-art images; explores the concept of geological time; and explains the classification of species and how the evidence for their evolution is preserved and can be deciphered.

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Animals, Fossil

Animals, Fossil Pictorial works

Earth (Planet) Origin

Earth (Planet) Origin Pictorial works

Evolution

Fossil hominids

Fossil hominids Pictorial works

Fossils

Fossils Pictorial works

Paleobiology

Plants, Fossil

Plants, Fossil Pictorial works

Prehistoric peoples

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ISBN:

9780756699109
9780756655730
075669910X
0756655730

Edition:

First American edition

Description:

512 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm

Other Title:

Prehistoric life : [the definitive visual history of life on earth]

Notes:

Includes index

Contents:

Young earth. Exploring earth's past ; The origin of the earth ; The first 500 million years ; Plate tectonics ; Changing climates ; Life and evolution ; Classification ; Mass extinctions ; Types of fossils ; Information in the fossil record ; Key fossil sites ; The geological timescale
Life on earth. Archean ; Proterozoic ; Cambrian ; Ordovician ; Silurian ; Devonian ; Carboniferous ; Permian ; Triassic ; Jurassic ; Cretaceous ; Paleogene ; Neogene ; Quaternary
The rise of the humans. Human relatives ; Human ancestors ; Origins of modern humans ; Out of Africa ; European hunter gatherers ; Paleolithic cave art ; After the ice

Control Number:

877005

Other Authors:

DK Publishing, Inc
Frances, Peter
Gavira Guerrero, Angeles
Lamb, Simon
Palmer, Douglas

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