This updated edition of the highly successful volume, created in conjunction with London's Natural History Museum, has all the strengths of the original...and more. Completely redesigned and revised, it now features two fascinating new sections that reflect the contemporary state of the field: "How to Recognize Fossils" and "Molecular Paleontology." Readers will find this a straightforward, fascinating, and highly attractive introduction to fossils, their study, and their use in reconstructing the history of the earth.
- ISBN10 0442226152
- ISBN13 9780442226152
- Publish Date 1 January 1982
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 18 March 2014
- Publish Country US
- Imprint Van Nostrand Reinhold Company
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 172
- Language English