Fossils
Subtitle: the key to the past
By: Richard Fortey.
Edition: 3rd ed.
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press; In association with The Natural History Museum, London
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Fossils.; Paleontology.
Description: "This introduction to the world of paleontology has been completely revised and updated, reflecting changes in the ways that fossils are viewed and interpreted. Using the fluid writing style that made Trilobite! Eyewitness to Evolution such a success, Richard Fortey brings the study of fossils into the twenty-first century."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 225) and index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note: Preface; title: Chapter 1: Buried in the rocks; title: Chapter 2: Setting the stage: time and change; title: Chapter 3: Rocks and fossils; title: Chapter 4: Bringing fossils back to life; title: Chapter 5: Origin of life and its early history; title: Chapter 6: Evolution and extinction; title: Chapter 7: Fossils in the service of humans; title: Chapter 8: Making a collection; title: Further Information; title: Glossary; title: Index.