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1	Fossils more books like this by Cyril Alexander Walker, David Ward add to wishlist Authoritative text crystal - clear photography and a systematic approach make the "Dorling Kindersley Handbook of Fossils" the most comprehensive and concise pocket to fossils of the world. Packed with more than 1 000 full-colour photographs of over 500 species, this handbook is designed to cut through the complicated identification process and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
2	National Audubon Society Field Guide to Fossils more books like this by Ida Thompson, Townsend P Dickinson (Photographer), Carol Nehring add to wishlist The first all-photographic field guide to fossils found throughout North America north of Mexico contains 474 identification pictures of fossils--sponges, corals, trilobites, shells, and many others. Includes 15 maps and a visual key. Flexible binding. see all copies from $7.69! new only from $12.54! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Trilobite: Eyewitness to Evolution more books like this by Richard Fortey add to wishlist A senior paleontologist at the Natural History Museum of London writes warmly about his pet subject--a 500 million year old arthropod called the Trilobite. This former sea-dwelling crustacean-like creature survived 300 million years of climate change and continental drift, but now its closest living relative is the horseshoe crab. Fortey writes ... see all copies from $3.69! new only from $9.00! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Dinosaurs: The Textbook more books like this by Spencer G Lucas add to wishlist "Dinosaurs: The Textbook" is a monument to our present understanding of these wonderful creatures. It is a book that will take the student on a journey through nearly every aspect of dinosaur biology, geology, and the history of their discovery. It is a text that presents facts together with current ideas, notions, and controversies. Dr. Lucas ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $95.06!
5	Life Story more books like this by Virginia Lee Burton add to wishlist In this title the growth of life on earth is shown inventively in text and pictures. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.03! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Lucy's Child: The Discovery of a Human Ancestor more books like this by Dr. Donald Johanson, James Shreeve add to wishlist Donald Johanson discovered Lucy, the most famous and one of the most complete of hominid remains, in 1974. His controversial interpretation of the remains as representing an ancestor to all subsequent hominid species, including our own, and his bestselling "Lucy: The Beginnings of Humankind" (1981), established him as one of the most famous living ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	Guide to Minerals, Rocks and Fossils more books like this by A C Bishop, A R Woolley, W R Hamilton add to wishlist Illustrated, descriptive guide to minerals, rocks and fossils from all over the world. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
8	The Dinosaur Heresies: New Theories Unlocking the Mystery of the Dinosaurs and Their Extinction more books like this by Dr. Robert T Bakker, Ph.D. add to wishlist For over a century, dinosaurs have been thought of as plodding, dim-witted giant lizards too awkward and ill-equipped to survive the ravages of environmental change. Bakker offers startling new evidence destined to forever alter the perception of the much-maligned monsters, depicting them as never before imagined: hot-blooded, amazingly agile, and ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $38.99! \| first editions \| SVS
9	The Evolution and Extinction of the Dinosaurs more books like this by David E Fastovsky, Professor David B Weishampel add to wishlist This is a comprehensive treatment of dinosaurs designed to be used mainly as a textbook for students in first or second year undergraduate courses, although non-specialists are also sure to find the book of great interest. Nonetheless, it is unique in that it truly portrays dinosaurs from a specialist viewpoint. It is the only comprehensive text ... see all copies from $2.77! new only from $38.91! \| first editions \| SVS
10	Fossil more books like this by Dr. Paul D Taylor add to wishlist A guide to fossils, which are the remains or impression of prehistoric plants and animals hardened in rock. The book traces the history of life on Earth, moving from plants, fish, dinosaurs and mammals, right up to the amazing fossil remains of early people. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.00! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Dinosaurs more books like this by Will Osborne, Mary Pope Osborne add to wishlist Jack and Annie explain about all the different types of dinosaurs. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
12 view cover	Rocks & Fossils more books like this by David Roots, Robert R Coenraads, Arthur B Busbey add to wishlist Authoritative, lavishly photographed and illustrated guides to the wonders of the natural world around us. Clear, accessible format, charts, diagrams, field tips, practical pointers, and historical profiles. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.99! \| first editions
13	Digging Dinosaurs: The Search That Unraveled the Mystery of Baby Dinosaurs more books like this by John R Horner, James Gorman add to wishlist The personal story of a single dig and how it changed the current view of dinosaurs, this paints a vivid picture of the dinosaurs' day-to-day lives. Illustrated. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Rocks and Fossils more books like this by Chris Pellant add to wishlist This compact and concise book will teach you everything there is to know about rocks and fossils. More than 2000 bulleted facts are accompanied by hundreds of illustrations, diagrams and photographs. An extensive index allows for easy navigation of facts. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| SVS
15 view cover	DK Guide to Dinosaurs more books like this by David Lambert add to wishlist Take an extraordinary journey back in time, and discover terrifyingly realistic dinosaurs in their natural habitats. Using the most accurate models ever produced, this guide blends life-like dinosaur replicas with photo-realistic scenery. The resulting images bring dinosaurs and their strange world back to life with astonishing detail. Visit the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions
16 view cover	Lucy, the Beginnings of Humankind more books like this by Donald C Johanson add to wishlist The story of one of the most important fossil finds in man's search for his ancestors - the 60per cent complete female hominid skeleton nicknamed "Lucy". Confirming beyond doubt the early bipedal nature of human ancestors, she was discovered in 1973 in Ethiopia by a team of scientists led by Johanson. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.62! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Dinosaur more books like this by David Norman add to wishlist This title takes the reader on a grand tour of the Mesozoic era--the age of Hadrosaurs, the Apatosaurs, Stegosaurs, and the fearsome Tyrannosaurus Rex. It presents the latest theories of how dinosaurs lived and what might have led to their cataclysmic extinction. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Invertebrate Palaeontology and Evolution more books like this by Euan Clarkson add to wishlist Fossils are of great value in interpreting the sedimentary environments in which they lived and the patterns and processes in the history of life. Their role in biostratigraphy is as important now as it ever was. In all respects palaeontology is is a vigorous and expanding subject, and will remain integral to geology for the foreseeable future. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $63.94! \| SVS
19 view cover	An illustrated guide to fossil collecting more books like this by Richard L. Casanova add to wishlist Locations of fossils in the U.S., cataloging, and preserving. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $31.03! \| first editions
20	Invertebrate fossils more books like this by Raymond Cecil Moore add to wishlist see all copies from $25.00! new only from $29.62! \| first editions
21 view cover	Out of Thin Air: Dinosaurs, Birds, and Earth's Ancient Atmosphere more books like this by Peter Ward add to wishlist For 65 million years, dinosaurs ruled the Earth - until a deadly asteroid forced their extinction. But what accounts for the incredible longevity of dinosaurs? A renowned scientist now provides a startling explanation that is rewriting the history of the Age of Dinosaurs. Dinosaurs were pretty amazing creatures - real-life monsters that have the ... see all copies from $9.20! new only from $9.20! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Evolution of the Vertebrates: A History of the Backboned Animals Through Time more books like this by Edwin Harris Colbert add to wishlist This updated edition investigates backboned animals during approximately 500 million years of evolution. It traces the history of each major vertebrate group from its origin to its extinction or to the emergence of the next, more advanced group. Drawings and illustrations are included and new chapters have been added on aerial reptiles and birds. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $35.89! \| first editions \| SVS
23	Frozen Fauna of the Mammoth Steppe: The Story of Blue Babe more books like this by R Dale Guthrie add to wishlist Frozen mammals of the Ice Age, preserved for millennia in the tundra, have been a source of fascination and mystery since their first discovery over two centuries ago. These mummies, their ecology, and their preservation are the subject of this compelling book by paleontologist Dale Guthrie. The 1979 find of a frozen, extinct steppe bison in an ... see all copies from $7.00! new only from $30.00! \| first editions
24 view cover	A Field Guide to Fossils of Texas more books like this by Charles E Finsley, M.S., B.S. add to wishlist This book is the only definitive guide that presents a collection of the state's most common fossils and also shows the most important, noteworthy, and unusual speciments. see all copies from $9.38! new only from $13.88! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	The Cave Bear Story: Life and Death of a Vanished Animal more books like this by Bjorn Kurten add to wishlist A fascinating presentation of astonishing facts about the largest of bears, covering societal structure, their Ice Age environment, and eventual extinction. Illustrations show scenes of the Ice Age and its vanished animals. see all copies from $7.24! new only from $7.24! \| first editions

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