fossils

Provides an overview of dinosaurs, including their anatomy, diet, behavior, and the world they inhabited, and shows how paleontologists piece together the past.

An introduction to fossils, our window into the past.

Includes not only clear descriptions of how various types of fossils are formed but also information on why most dead creatures do not fossilize and how scientists can determine how an animal moved from petrified footprints. The book even explains how the placement of fossils has helped paleontologists to figure out how dinosaurs behaved. Numerous color photos include some of fossil eggs and of a coelacanth, which is considered a living fossil.

Describes dinosaur fossils from the Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous periods that have been found around the world, and how they interacted with their young and with each other.

Describes, using evidence found in fossil layers, how one-cell organisms evolved into complex plants and animals.

Traces the history of man's study of fossils and explains what this study has enabled him to learn about the dinosaurs.

Explains how paleontologists have revised earlier theories about dinosaurs and their habits, based on recent fossil discoveries, and discusses some mysteries that remain to be solved.

Briefly describes, in chronological order, many of the strange animals that lived on earth between the time life began and the appearance of man.

Briefly discusses prehistoric animals such as early reptiles, dinosaurs, meat eaters, plant eaters, birds and early mammals.

Briefly explains the work of paleontologists, scientists who learn about dinosaurs by studying fossils.