TY - BOOK AU - Palmer,Douglas AU - Lamb,Simon AU - Gavira Guerrero,Angeles AU - Frances,Peter ED - DK Publishing, Inc. TI - Prehistoric life: [the definitive visual history of life on earth] SN - 9780756655730 AV - QE711.2 .P74 2009 U1 - 560 22 PY - 2009/// CY - New York, N.Y. PB - DK Pub. KW - Fossils KW - Pictorial works KW - Animals, Fossil KW - Plants, Fossil KW - Fossil hominids KW - Paleobiology KW - Earth KW - Origin N1 - At head of title: DK; Subtitle from cover; 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 N2 - 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 UR - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010278841-d.html ER -