Immerse yourself in worlds of the past

Travel deep into time and see the fascinating ecosystems of many prehistoric times. Paleobiologist Thomas Halliday has mined the most recent paleontological advances to provide portraits of past eras from the animals to the climate and flora. The fossil record is transformed from impressions on rocks and taxonomies into vibrant and thriving communities, the remnants of real, living organisms that showed off bright feathers or flowers, called and buzzed, courted and fell sick. Halliday resurrects a bustling scene on a 7,000-km long glass reef in the Jurassic; the rapid refilling of the Mediterranean salt basin 5.3 million years ago; and scenes from the polar rainforest of Antarctica 41 million years ago. Includes illustrations and maps.

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