Prehistoric Past Revealed by Douglas Palmer

Prehistoric Past Revealed by Douglas Palmer

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Prehistoric Past Revealed by Douglas Palmer

The reader is taken from the known and familiar past in the first chapter, peeling back the layers to the "terra incognita" of the deep past with its completely extinct life forms. Our human ancestry is traced back through different periods, focussing on different fossil environments, revealing how and when the site was discovered. Covering sites and discoveries from Europe, North America, the Middle and Far East and Australasia, the text is broken down into small digestible topics with box features. Timelines are included for every chapter and sub-topic, illustrating the age of our planet, as well as diagrams of the different stages of evolution.
Douglas Palmer is a science writer and academic currently teaching at Cambridge University. His articles appear regularly in New Scientist, BBC Wildlife magazine and Science magazine. He is the author of several books, including Earth, Atlas of the Prehistoric World, Neanderthal and The Illustrated Encycopledia of Dinosaurs and Prehistoric Life.
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ISBN 13 9781840007367
ISBN 10 1840007362
Title Prehistoric Past Revealed
Author Douglas Palmer
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher Octopus Publishing Group
Year published 2003-10-16
Number of pages 176
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