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Holmes, Thom

Early Life: The Cambrian Period

224 pp. | Chelsea | June, 2008 | Library ISBN 978-0-8160-5957-7 $35.00
(3) YA Prehistoric Earth series. These well-organized books provide thorough coverage of prehistoric life from the Paleozoic Era through the end of the Jurassic Period (542–145 million years ago), though some attention is also paid to Precambrian life origins. Each volume presents up-to-date information about ancient life, drawn from the fields of geology, evolutionary biology, and paleontology. Color illustrations, timelines, and diagrams are well placed. Reading list, websites. Bib., glos., ind. Review covers these Prehistoric Earth titles: Dawn of the Dinosaur Age, Early Life, The First Vertebrates[cf1, March onto Land, and Time of the Giants.
Reviewer: Danielle J. Ford

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