The Ancient Life History of the Earth
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Fossils are treated here as landmarks in the earth's history, not only as animal structures. H. Alleyne Nicholson, professor of natural history at St Andrews, wrote this outline of palaeontology to show its bearing on geology. An opening section covers general principles, such as how sedimentary rocks form, how living things act on the earth's crust and how fossil-bearing formations follow one another in time. The second part takes each formation in turn, with its rock types, geographical spread, origin and characteristic life forms. Technical language is kept low and illustrations are used freely, for students and general readers alike.
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- Author
- Henry Alleyne Nicholson
- Reading time
- About 9 hours
- Pages
- 359
- Language
- English
- Genre
- Biology
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- PDF, EPUB, Read online