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 - 9780756699109 AV - QE711.2 .P74 2009 PY - 2012/// 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 (Planet) 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 ER -