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Understanding Fossils is the first introductory level palaeontology text which demonstrates the importance of fossils in geological and biological studies, part

In the wake of the paleobiological revolution of the 1970s and 1980s, paleontologists continue to investigate far-reaching questions about how evolution works.

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This book presents a comprehensive overview of the science of the history of life. Paleobiologists bring many analytical tools to bear in interpreting the fossi