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Prehistoric life : [the definitive visual history of life on earth] / DK prehistoric life Dorling Kindersley prehistoric life [authors, Douglas Palmer ... and others ; consultants, Simon Lamb ... and others ; senior editors, Angeles Gavira Guerrero, Peter Frances ; project editors, Cressida Malins ... and others ; editors, Jamie Ambrose ... and others]. - 512 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm.

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.

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.

ISBN: 9780756699109 075669910X

LCCN: 2012538074

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Fossils.
Fossils--Pictorial works.
Animals, Fossil.
Animals, Fossil--Pictorial works.
Plants, Fossil.
Plants, Fossil--Pictorial works.
Fossil hominids.
Fossil hominids--Pictorial works.
Paleobiology.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Earth (Planet)--Origin.
Earth (Planet)--Origin--Pictorial works.

LC Class. No.: QE711.2 / .P74 2009

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