National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Fossils (National Audubon Society Field Guide Series)
This, the first
all-photographic field guide
to cover fossils found
throughout North America
north of Mexico, includes
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Fossil Legends of the First Americans
The burnt-red badlands of
Montana's Hell Creek are a
vast graveyard of the
Cretaceous dinosaurs that
lived 68 million years ago.
Those hills were, much
later, also home to the
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Evolution: What the Fossils Say and Why It Matters
Over the past twenty years,
paleontologists have made
tremendous fossil
discoveries, including
fossils that mark the growth
of whales, manatees, and
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Cradle of Life: The Discovery of Earth's Earliest Fossils
What if U.S. history began
in 1963, and everything that
happened before that year
was shrouded in mystery?
There would be plenty of
events to study, but we
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The Complete World of Human Evolution
A compelling, authoritative, and superbly illustrated account of the rise and eventual domination of our species. Human domination of the earth is now so complete that it is easy to forget how ... > read more -
The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt
The date is January 11, 1911. A young German paleontologist, accompanied only by a guide, a cook, four camels, and a couple of camel drivers, reaches the lip of the vast Bahariya Depression after a ... > read more -
Bringing Fossils To Life: An Introduction To Paleobiology
This is the first text to combine both paleontology and paleobiology. Traditional textbooks treat these separately, despite the recent trend to combine them in teaching. It bridges the gap between ... > read more -
National Geographic Dinosaurs
Here is everything young readers want to know about dinosaurs and their world—in one magnificently illustrated, up-to-date family reference. Through dramatic graphics and age-appropriate text, ... > read more -
Dinosaurs and Other Mesozoic Reptiles of California
One of the most geologically complex and diverse states, California spent much of the age of dinosaurs under water. While most of the fossils found in the state are those of reptiles that lived in ... > read more -
Glorified Dinosaurs: The Origin and Early Evolution of Birds
The last few years have witnessed an unparalleled rate of discoveries of early birds and their dinosaurian predecessors. Written by a recognised authority in the field, Glorified Dinosaurs: The ... > read more -
FOSSIL PLANTS PB (Smithsonian's Living Past)
An amazing look at plants of the past through an examination of the fossils that remain. Long before there were animals on the earth, many kinds of plants covered the prehistoric planet. The soft ... > read more -
Prehistoric America: A Journey through the Ice Age and Beyond
When human beings first arrived in North America at the end of the last Ice Age, they encountered a teeming variety of animals, from ground sloths and mastodons to zebras and camels. This ... > read more -
Fossil Shark Teeth of the World
An easy to understand book on fossil shark tooth identification. Clear photos and simple terminology. This book is a must for any fossil ... > read more -
The First Fossil Hunters: Paleontology in Greek and Roman Times.
Since fossils have presumably existed for millions of years, why don't we see much paleontological thought from ancient writers? Classics scholar Adrienne Mayor suggests that we can, in fact, learn ... > read more
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