Prehistoric Life：The Definitive Visual History of Life on Earth

Withanextensivecatalogatitsheart,PrehistoricLifeprofileshundredsoffascinatingspeciesinincredibledetail.Thestorystartsinearnest3.8billionyearsago,withtheearliest-knownformoflifeonEarth,abacteriathatstillexiststoday,andjourneysthroughaction-packedmillennia,chartingtheappearanceofnewlifeformsaswellasdevastatingextinctionevents.Ofcourse,theever-popularandendlesslyintriguingdinosaursfeaturelarge,butPrehistoricLifegivesyouthewholepicture,andtheplants,invertebrates,amphibians,birds,reptiles,andmammalsthataretheancestorsoftoday'sspeciesalsopopulateitspages,makingthisbookunprecedentedinitscoverageofprehistory.Speciallycommissionedartworksusecutting-edgetechnologytorenderspeciesinbreathtakinglyrealisticfashion,withastonishingimagesofprehistoricremains,suchasskeletonsandfossils,tocompletethestory.Toputalltheevidenceincontext,theconceptofgeologicaltimeisexplored,asistheclassificationofspeciesandhowtheevidencefortheirevolutionispreservedandcanbedeciphered.