Prehistoric life
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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- Full title :Prehistoric life / [authors: Douglas Palmer and others].
Summary
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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- Publication Date:2012, ©2009.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):DK Pub
- Place of Publication:London
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2012, ©2009.
Notes
"The definitive visual history of life on earth"--Cover.
Includes index.
The Physical Object
- Description:512 pages : : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; : 25 cm
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780756699109, 075669910X
- oclc:ocn948587152
- LC Classification:QE711.3
- Dewey Decimal:560
Table of 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.
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