Product Description: FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Explains how fossils are formed and what they tell us about the past.

Product Description: The Earth buries its past. Living things that die and then slowly become part of the Earth are called fossils. This is where the skills of a paleontologist come into play. Their job is to find fossils and study them in order to make sense of what was going on here on Earth for billions of years before there were ever human beings...read more

A fascinating history of species extinctions, their causes and the looming "sixth extinction". It is the central issue for this generation. Respected journals and popular publications worldwide pose the question, call the warning: "Are we in the middle of a sixth mass extinction?" (Science), "Multitude of species face climate threat" (The New York Times), "The sixth great extinction: a silent extermination" (National Geographic). Of the 1-3 billion species estimated to have appeared during Earth's history, only 12.5 million exist today. Geologists know that species extinction is as natural a process as species evolution. They also know that the rate of extinction in the geological past has not been constant. On at least five occasions in Earth's history, extinction intensities have spiked well above the normal level. For over a century, geologists have tried to conclusively identify and understand the processes responsible for the complex, fluctuating history of species extinction through the millennia. This has become even more important over the last decade as human populations and technology may now rival sea-level change, volcanic eruptions and asteroid impacts as an extinction mechanism. Will there be a sixth Extinction? When? What will cause it? The Great Extinctions explores the history of this search, its subjects, its controversies, its current conclusions, and their implications for our efforts to preserve Earth's biodiversity. It explains what extinction is, what causes it and whether it is preventable, and by comparing past geological extinction events, it aims to predict what will happen in the future. Author Norman MacLeod covers this compelling topic in a concise, easy-to-read style with illustrations and diagrams throughout. He examines a controversial subject with universal implications, which will fascinate a wide readership with interests in geology, prehistory, the environment, endangered species, conservation, wildlife, biodiversity, climate change, zoology, botany, invasive species and more. The Great Extinctions is an essential choice for an informed contemporary readership.

Product Description:  An introduction to the multidisciplinary field of hominin paleoecology for advanced undergraduate students and beginning graduate students, Early Hominin Paleoecology offers an up-to-date review of the relevant literature, exploring new research and synthesizing old and new ideas...read more

Product Description: This text is designed for students and anyone else with an interest in the history of life on our planet. The author describes the biological evolution of Earth’s organisms, and reconstructs their adaptations to the life they led, and the ecology and environment in which they functioned...read more

Product Description: "Dig, dig, dig those dinosaurs/ So big, big, big those dinosaurs/ Rig, rig, rig those dinosaurs/ Dig those dinosaur bones." The rhythmical text and lively, well-researched illustrations follow a paleontologist and his crew as they find, clean, assemble, and exhibit dinosaur bones...read more

This is part of a series which explores the development of systems of recording and measuring, from the first forms of writing and the earliest calendars, to the latest in calculators and quartz clocks. Innovators, inventions and amazing facts are highlighted in text boxes, and there are suggestions for related activities. This book reveals the first methods of keeping tally, the first numerals and the invention of "zero". The book also looks at the achievements of some of the early mathematicians and traces the development of computers and calculators which have helped modern scientists to develop new mathematical theories, and simplified life at home and at work.

Product Description: In DINO-MITE JOKES ABOUT PREHISTORIC LIFE learn about everything from early arthropods to dinosaurs and early humans. After reading all the silly jokes, follow author Melissa Stewart's directions to create your own jokes! Get ready to laugh and learn about science.

Whether you're interested in weather, oceans, or even the prehistoric world, earth science covers it all. The fascinating facts and fun activities in these titles help the budding earth scientist in you explore the fields of geology, meteorology, ecology, and more.

Product Description: Life on Earth can be traced back over three thousand million years into the past. Many examples of the Earth's past inhabitants are to be found in rocks, preserved as beautiful and fascinating fossils. The earliest life forms were bacteria and algae; these produced the oxygen that enabled more complex life forms to develop...read more

Product Description: Originally published: Essex, U.K.: Miles Kelly Pub., 2006.

Product Description: This fascinating new volume comes complete with color illustrations and features the methodology and main achievements in the emerging field of paleomicrobiology. It’s an area research at the intersection of microbiology and evolution, history and anthropology...read more

Product Description: This brief handbook offers the most focus on the writing process. The entire book is also available on the Internet, where it is fully searchable and customizable. This writing handbook focuses on the writing process, the research process, document design, clarity, punctuation, grammar, and documentation...read more

Fossils are discussed in the context of Creationism.

Product Description: This is part of a series which explores the development of systems of recording and measuring, from the first forms of writing and the earliest calendars, to the latest in calculators and quartz clocks. Innovators, inventions and amazing facts are highlighted in text boxes, and there are suggestions for related activities...read more