What is geological time? What exactly are paleontology? How many kinds are there? What other ancient creatures appeared before and after the birth of dinosaurs? Why do these unique and powerful ancient creatures appear? This book mainly uses a concise question and answer format, with easy-to-understand language and lively illustrations to comprehensively introduce the basic knowledge of paleontology. Based on recent research results, the book explains the nearly 4.6 Billion-year history of the earth and various ancient creatures, including Anomalocaris, Archaeopteryx, Giant Rhinoceros, and many other nearly 50 very interesting but most extinct ancient creatures from the Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and Cenozoic Era.
The book uses a large number of restoration pictures to teach readers the knowledge of paleontology in the form of illustrations. This book is suitable for the majority of science enthusiasts, especially paleontology enthusiasts and young readers to read and study.
Reader comments
The first chapter talks about the basic aspects of paleontological research. It is easy to understand, simple and clear, and it is full of practical information. Chapter 2 explains basic information about the characteristic paleontology of each era, with detailed pictures. However, the article contains some errors, such as anachronisms and data errors. The author has not corrected it, and the translator has not corrected it. This is a very basic mistake, so I can only give it four stars.
Read on August 24, 2024
I especially like the introduction of various ancient creatures in the book, such as Anomalocaris, Archaeopteryx and Giant Rhinoceros, which was an eye-opener for me and my children. This reminds me of the book "Dinosaur Stories", they both show the world of paleontology in an interesting way. Recommended to anyone interested in paleontology!
The first chapter talks about the basic aspects of paleontological research. It is easy to understand, simple and clear, and it is full of practical information. Chapter 2 explains basic information about the characteristic paleontology of each era, with detailed pictures. However, the article contains some errors, such as anachronisms and data errors. The author has not corrected it, and the translator has not corrected it. This is a very basic mistake, so I can only give it four stars. Read on August 24, 2024
I especially like the introduction of various ancient creatures in the book, such as Anomalocaris, Archaeopteryx and Giant Rhinoceros, which was an eye-opener for me and my children. This reminds me of the book "Dinosaur Stories", they both show the world of paleontology in an interesting way. Recommended to anyone interested in paleontology!
A pretty good book!