Stones and bones : fossils and the stories they tell /
Over the past four billion years, life on our planet has evolved from microscopic single-celled organisms to the incredible array of flora and fauna today. In the course of this time, layer upon layer of life was buried in sediment, turning into a fossilised record of the planet's history. This...
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Cicada Books Ltd,
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Publisher Address: | London : |
Publication Dates: | 2023. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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Over the past four billion years, life on our planet has evolved from microscopic single-celled organisms to the incredible array of flora and fauna today. In the course of this time, layer upon layer of life was buried in sediment, turning into a fossilised record of the planet's history. This highly-illustrated, large-format book looks at all the incredible things that scientists have learned from the fossil record, including the ways in which continents have drifted, merged and fragmented again; and the life forms that have evolved and the great extinction events that wiped them out. |
Item Description: |
"Text by Rob Wilshaw and Ziggy Hanaor"--Page facing title page. "First published in the UK, 2023, and in the USA, 2024"--Page facing title page. |
Carrier Form: | 81 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 30 cm |
Audience: | Primary to pre-adolescent. |
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9781800660427 1800660421 |
Index Number: | QE714 |
CLC: | Q911.2-49 |
Call Number: | Q911.2-49/W746 |
Contents: | What are fossils? -- The Precambrian and Paleozoic eras -- The Mesozoic era -- The Cenozoic era -- Paleontology today. |