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Tables of Contents for The Young Oxford Book of the Prehistoric World
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
The Evolving Planet
The Origin of the Earth
8
6
The Record in The Rocks
14
4
Wandering Continents
18
6
Fossils: Nature's Own Clues
24
8
Living Fossils
32
6
The Geological Record
38
4
The Evolution of Life
42
8
The History of Life
The Precambrian Period
50
6
The Cambrian Period
56
6
The Ordovician and Silurian Periods
62
6
The Devonian Period
68
8
The Carboniferous Period
76
6
The Permian Period
82
4
The Triassic Period
86
6
The Jurassic Period
92
8
The Dynamic Dinosaurs
100
10
The Cretaceous Period
110
8
The Paleocene Epoch
118
4
The Eocene Epoch
122
4
The Oligocene Epoch
126
4
The Miocene Epoch
130
6
The Pliocene Epoch
136
4
The Pleistocene and Holocene Epochs
140
6
Humankind in the Making
146
6
A Brief History of Life on Earth
152
2
Glossary
154
2
Index
156
4
Acknowledgments
160