How It Works Discovering Prehistory Author:Robert Muir Wood How old is the Earth? When did the dinosaurs disappear? What were the first tropical rain forests like? What was life like for people in the distant past? — You will learn how evidence is gathered, analyzed and pieced together, so that questions like these can be answered. Fascinating illustrations reveal the work behind excavations and reconstr... more »uctions, and how how secrets from the past can be drawn from rocks and fossils. Lucid text and labels clearly explain the complex methods used by archaeologists, geologists and other scientists in discovering the distant past.
Author, Robert Muir Wood is an international consultant Earth Sciences and has been on many scientific expeditions.
A great teaching tool for primary grades on this science subjects.« less