Title Prehistoric life : [the definitive visual history of life on earth] / [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].

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New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2012.

Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1581977~S1

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Description	512 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm
Note	At head of title: DK.
	Subtitle from cover.
	Includes index.
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.
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	Fossils.
	Fossils -- Pictorial works.
	Animals, Fossil.
	Animals, Fossil -- Pictorial works.
	Plants, Fossil.
	Plants, Fossil -- Pictorial works.
	Fossil hominids.
	Fossil hominids -- Pictorial works.
	Paleobiology.
	Earth (Planet) -- Origin.
	Earth (Planet) -- Origin -- Pictorial works.
Added Author	Palmer, Douglas.
	Lamb, Simon.
	Gavira Guerrero, Angeles.
	Frances, Peter.
	DK Publishing, Inc.
Added Title	DK prehistoric life.
	Dorling Kindersley prehistoric life.
ISBN	9780756699109 (pbk.)
	075669910X (pbk.)

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