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020 _a9781840007367
082 _a333.7 PAL
100 _aPalmer, Douglas
245 0 _aPrehistoric past revealed :
_bthe four Billion year history of life on Earth hardcover
260 _aGreat Britain
260 _bOctopus Publishing Group
260 _c2003
300 _a176p.
520 _aThe 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.
650 _aEarth
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