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Prehistoric Life : The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth

With an extensive catalog at its heart, "Prehistoric Life" profiles hundreds of fascinating species in incredible detail. The story starts in earnest 3.8 billion years ago, with the earliest-known form of life on Earth, a bacteria that still exists today, and journeys through action-packed millennia, charting the appearance of new life forms as well as devastating extinction events. Of course, the ever-popular and endlessly intriguing dinosaurs feature large, but "Prehistoric Life" gives you the whole picture, and the plants, invertebrates, amphibians, birds, reptiles, and mammals that are the ancestors of today's species also populate its pages, making this book unprecedented in its coverage of prehistory. Specially commissioned artworks use cutting-edge technology to render species in breathtakingly realistic fashion, with astonishing images of prehistoric remains, such as skeletons and fossils, to complete the story. To put all the evidence in context, the concept of geological time is explored, as is the classification of species and how the evidence for their show more

Product details

    Format Paperback | 512 pages

    Dimensions 210.82 x 254 x 33.02mm | 1,859.72g

    Publication date 02 Jul 2012

    Publisher DK Publishing

    Imprint DORLING KINDERSLEY

    Publication City/Country New York, United States

    Language English

    Edition statement Reprint

    ISBN10 075669910X

    ISBN13 9780756699109

    Sales rank 108,862