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

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ISBN	9780756699109
ISBN	075669910X
Title	Prehistoric life : [the definitive visual history of life on earth] / [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.].
Published	New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2012.
Description	512 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 31 cm.
Notes	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.
Subjects	Fossils
	Paleontology
	Earth (Planet) -- Origin
	Earth (Planet) -- Origin -- Pictorial works
Other Names	Palmer, Douglas
	Lamb, Simon
	Gavira Guerrero, Angeles
	Frances, Peter
Added Corporate Names	DK Publishing, Inc.
Links to Related Works	Subject References: Earth (Planet) -- Origin . Earth (Planet) -- Origin -- Pictorial works . Fossils . Paleontology . See Also: Paleontology . Fossils . Historical geology . Paleobotany . Paleopathology . Zoology . Narrower Subject References: Paleoanthropology. . Authors: DK Publishing, Inc. . Frances, Peter . Gavira Guerrero, Angeles . Lamb, Simon . Palmer, Douglas .

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