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Fossil plants

Part of the Living Past S. series
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This publication focuses on plant fossils and is illustrated throughout with photographs of contemporary and ancient plant specimens.

The text traces the origins of today's plants, comparing ancient forms with their modern counterparts.

Plant fossils are used in palaeontology to help reconstruct bygone eras, looking back through layers of organic remains to determine past climates and the very landscape of ancient Earth.

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The Natural History Museum
056509176X / 9780565091767
Paperback
561.1
01/09/2004
United Kingdom
English
192 p. : ill. (some col.)
24 cm
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