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A photo essay about different types of fossils, from bacteria and algae to birds and mammals.

This book explains how fossils are formed, describes what fossils can teach, and discusses how paleontologists piece together how living things and the Earth have changed over time.

An introduction to geology that uses full-color photographs and easy-to-read text to describe what fossils are, how they form, and what they reveal about the past.

An introduction to fossils that discusses how they form, where they are found, different types, what can be learned from them, and related topics.

This title explores tools, methods, discoveries, and careers in the Paleontology field. Accompanying the main text are activities from a felt mammoth to soap fossils. These crafts encourage readers to engage with what they learned, solidifying their new knowledge. Aligned to Common Core Standards and correlated to state standards.

Four years after the destruction of Isla Nublar, dinosaurs now live and hunt alongside humans all over the world. This fragile balance will reshape the future and determine, once and for all, whether human beings are to remain the apex predators on a planet they now share with history's most fearsome creatures in a new era.

Starting with little more than bones and rock, scientists have pieced together an amazing array of details about the lives of dinosaurs. The Science of Dinosaurs digs into the science behind some of prehistory's biggest, deadliest, and most fascinating creatures. Easy-to-read text and vivid images bring this subject to life. Features include a table of contents, fast facts, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. Aligned to Common Core Standards...

"Giant sauropod dinosaur skeletons from Patagonia; dinosaurs with feathers from China; a tiny dinosaur tail suspended in Burmese amber... Remarkable new fossil finds may be the lifeblood of paleontology, but it is advances in technologies and methods that have fostered the revolution in the field. Though they haven't roamed the planet for millions of years, dinosaurs are still very much a part of our world. Michael J. Benton takes us behind the scenes...

"Describes some of the animals of the Jurassic Period, a time when dinosaurs reached their biggest sizes. Includes an Animal Families glossary, prehistory timeline, and pronunciation guides"--