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Fossil Plants

Fossil Plants

This accessible introduction to fossil plants explores the gradual greening of the world.

ISBN: 056509176X

Author: Paul Kenrick and Paul Davis

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Fossil Plants

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From the first green algae through the knee-high forests of the Early Devonian buzzing with tiny arthropods to the lush jungles of the Jurassic and beyond. This accessible introduction to fossil plants explores the gradual greening of the world. Weaving together strands from the past and present, snapshots of ancient and modern environments are illustrated with images of fossils and their ‘living relatives’. Discover the hidden past of plants and uncover the breadth of form and rare beauty of plants turned to stone.

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.For the interested amateur or student this is an ideal introduction', New Scientist

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Paperback, 234 x 154 mm, 192 pp, 16 pp. colour section, 2004, 40 b/w photographs, 20 illustrations, 0 565 09176 X. Published by the Natural History Museum.