The Fossil Detectives

by Hermione Cockburn and Douglas Palmer

Fossils provide us with a tantalizing glimpse of Britain's prehistoric past and hold the key to unlocking the secrets of life's history and evolution. Since the appearance of primitive organisms in Britain more than a billion years ago, oceans, deserts, swamps and vast mountains have come and gone in our corner of western Europe; forests of long-extinct trees, flowers and grasses have covered the land, and dinosaurs and other strange creatures...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1846075777
• ISBN13: 9781846075773
• Release Date: October 2008
• Publisher: Ebury Publishing
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 7.5" x 9.7"