Prehistoric life : [the definitive visual history of life on earth] / [authors, Douglas Palmer ... et al. ; consultants, Simon Lamb ... et al. ; senior editors, Angeles Gavira Guerrero, Peter Frances ; project editors, Cressida Malins ... et al. ; editors, Jamie Ambrose ... et al.].
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TextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2009Edition: 1st American edDescription: 512 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 31 cmISBN: 9780756655730; 0756655730Other title: DK prehistoric life | Dorling Kindersley prehistoric lifeSubject(s): Fossils | Fossils -- Pictorial works | Animals, Fossil | Animals, Fossil -- Pictorial works | Plants, Fossil | Plants, Fossil -- Pictorial works | Fossil hominids | Fossil hominids -- Pictorial works | Earth -- Origin | Earth -- Origin -- Pictorial works | PaleobiologyDDC classification: 560 LOC classification: QE711.2 | .P74 2009Online resources: Publisher description | Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Notes | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes index.
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.
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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