How It Works Discovering Prehistory

by Robert Muir Wood

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1899762302
• ISBN13: 9781899762309
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Horus Editions Limited
• Length: 46 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

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How old is the Earth? When did the dinosaurs disappear? What were the first tropical rain forests like? What was life like for people in the distant past? In the pages of this book you will lean how evidence is gathered, analyzed and pieced together, so that questions like these can be answered. Fascinating illustrations reveal the work behind excavations and reconstructions and show how secrets from the past can be drawn from rocks and fossils. Lucid text and labels clearly explain the complex methods used by archaeologists, geologists and other scientists in discovering the distant past. Robert Muir Wood is an international consultant on Earth sciences and has been on many scientific expeditions. He is author of several books, including The Picture Atlas of Prehistoric Life and has been a regular contributor to the New Scientist magazine. In his spare time he enjoys telling stories about prehistoric animals to his three young children.