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

Palmer, Douglas. (Added Author). Lamb, Simon. (Added Author). Gavira Guerrero, Angeles. (Added Author). Frances, Peter. (Added Author). DK Publishing, Inc. (Added Author).

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.

Record details

ISBN: 9780756655730
ISBN: 0756655730
ISBN: 9780756699109
ISBN: 075669910X
Physical Description: print
512 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), color maps ; 31 cm
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : DK Pub., 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:

At head of title: DK.

Subtitle from cover.

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

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.