Extreme Survivors: Animals That Time Forgot

by Kimberly Ridley

Book Overview

More than 99 percent of all life forms have gone extinct during the 3.6-billion-year history of life on Earth. Other organisms have changed dramatically, but not our extreme survivors. Evolution may have altered their physiology and behavior, but their body plans have stood the test of time.

How have these living links with Earth's prehistoric past survived? The search for answers is leading scientists to new discoveries about the past--and...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0884485005
• ISBN13: 9780884485001
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Tilbury House Publishers
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.0" x 10.1"
• Age Range: 7 to 10 years
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5