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Prehistoric life / [authors, Douglas Palmer ... et al. ; consultants, Simon Lamb ... et al. ; senior editors, Angeles Gavira Guerrero, Peter Frances ; project editors, Cressida Malins ... et al. ; editors, Jamie Ambrose ... et al. ; ].

Title
Prehistoric life / [authors, Douglas Palmer ... et al. ; consultants, Simon Lamb ... et al. ; senior editors, Angeles Gavira Guerrero, Peter Frances ; project editors, Cressida Malins ... et al. ; editors, Jamie Ambrose ... et al. ; ].
Publication
New York : DK Pub., 2009.

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Additional Authors
  • DK Publishing, Inc.
  • Frances, Peter.
  • Gavira Guerrero, Angeles.
  • Lamb, Simon.
  • Palmer, Douglas.
Description
512 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps; 31 cm.
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.
Subject
  • Animals, Fossil > Pictorial works
  • Animals, Fossil
  • Earth (Planet) > Origin > Pictorial works
  • Earth (Planet) > Origin
  • Fossil hominids > Pictorial works
  • Fossil hominids
  • Fossils > Pictorial works
  • Fossils
  • Paleobiology
  • Plants, Fossil > Pictorial works
  • Plants, Fossil
Note
  • "The definitive visual history of life on earth"--Cover.
  • Includes index.
Contents
Young earth -- Life on earth -- The rise of the humans.
ISBN
  • 9780756655730
  • 0756655730
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries