Prehistoric life

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Fish

Presents an introduction to prehistoric fish, describing their characteristics, life cycles, feeding habits, and fossils. Includes a list of further resources, an activity quiz, and glossary.
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The age of mammals

1990
A survey of the characteristics and natural environment of the earliest, now extinct, mammals which are the ancestors of the modern horses, elephants, cats, dogs, and primates.

Plants

2004
Explains how scientists think plant life first came to live on land, looks at what has been learned about prehistoric plants by studying fossils, discusses the work of paleobotanists, and includes descriptions of prehistoric plant groups.

Insects

2004
Explains what insects were like in prehistoric times, describing their characteristics, life cycles, feeding habits, and fossils. Also includes a further resource list, activity suggestions, a quiz, and a glossary.

Fish

2004
Presents an introduction to prehistoric fish, describing their characteristics, life cycles, feeding habits, and fossils. Includes a list of further resources, an activity quiz, and glossary.

Dinosaurs

2004
Describes dinosaurs' characteristics, life cycles, feeding habits, and fossils, and discusses paleontology and extinction. Also includes a further resource list, activity, quiz, and glossary.

Birds

2004
Explains what birds were like in prehistoric times, describing their characteristics, life cycles, feeding habits, and fossils. Also includes a further resource list, activity, quiz, and glossary.

The search for the origin of birds

1995
Discusses the facts and clues used to formulate the various theories of the origin of birds.

How life began

1989
Discusses theories on the origin of the universe, the birth of earth, and the earliest life forms.

The dinosaur age

1989
Surveys different types of dinosaurs, discussing how they lived, why they died out, and the excavation of fossils.

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