Discovering Dinosaurs: Evolution, Extinction, and the Lessons of Prehistory, Expanded and Updated

By Mark Norell and Lowell Dingus

Book Overview

Expanded and updated

This handsome book addresses the questions of what the fossil record tells us about the evolution and extinction of dinosaurs, what their relationship to the rest of the organic world was, and what we can learn from them about our own place in the history of life on our planet. This edition has been updated throughout, with a new final chapter that details exciting recent discoveries such as the feathered dinosaur fossils in China.

ALERT: ONE LINE IS MISSING FROM PAGE XIII OF THIS BOOK. THE COMPLETE LINE SHOULD READ:

"We hope that the following pages will introduce you to some of these questions."

This error will be corrected in future editions of the book.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0520225015
• ISBN13: 9780520225015
• Release Date: April 2000
• Publisher: University of California Press
• Length: 239 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.0" x 0.8" x 9.0"