Survivors
Subtitle: the animals and plants that time has left behind
By: Richard Fortey
Publisher: Harper Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780007209866
Subjects: Origin; Life; Fossils; Paleontology; Evolution (Biology); Research; Living fossils; Case studies; Evolutionary paleobiology; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 319-321) and index.
Table of contents: title: Old horseshoes; title: The search for the velvet worm; title: Slimy mounds; title: Life in hot water; title: An inveterate bunch; title: Greenery; title: Of fishes and hellbenders; title: Heat in the blood; title: Islands, ice; title: Survivors against the odds.