ISBN |
9780756699109 |
075669910X |
Language |
E |
Shelf Location |
QE711.2.P74 2012 |
Author |
Palmer, Douglas |
Title |
Prehistoric life : [the definitive visual history of life on earth |
Publisher |
New York, N.Y. : DK Pub. , 2012 |
Description |
512 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 31 cm |
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. |
Subject |
Fossils |
Fossils --Pictorial works |
Animals, Fossil |
Animals, Fossil --Pictorial works |
Plants, Fossil |
Plants, Fossil --Pictorial works |
Fossil hominids |
Fossil hominids --Pictorial works |
Paleobiology |
Fossils |
Evolution |
Prehistoric animals |
Prehistoric peoples |
Earth (Planet) --Origin |
Earth (Planet) --Origin --Pictorial works |
Other name(s) |
Palmer, Douglas |
Lamb, Simon |
Gavira Guerrero, Angeles |
Frances, Peter |
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