" ... Scattered across the globe ... marvellous plants and animals speak to us of seminal events in the history of life. They range from humble algal mats dating back more than two billion years, to hardy musk oxen, which linger as the last vestiges of Ice Age megafauna. Their e…
"One of the greatest mysteries in reconstructing the history of life on Earth has been the apparent absence of fossils dating back more than 550 million years. We have long known that fossils of sophisticated marine life-forms existed at the dawn of the Cambrian Period, but unti…
Over the years, paleontologists have made tremendous fossil discoveries, which includes an amazing diversity of fossil humans, suggesting we walked upright long before we acquired large brains. This work tackles subjects ranging from flood geology and rock dating to neo-Darwinis…
