Fossils: A Very Short Introduction

• A unique approach: The first book to bring together the science and the cultural impact of fossils.
• Fossils hold a permanent place in the popular imagination.
• An immensely readable account from one of the world's leading authorities.

Readership: Readers interested in fossils and fossil hunting, geology, palaeobiology, history of science, cultural history.

Keith Thomson, Professor and Director of Oxford University Museum of Natural History Museum

1: Introduction
2: A cultural phenomenon
3: In the popular imagination
4: Some things we know, some things we don't
5: Against the odds
6: Bringing fossils to life
7: Evolving
8: Of molecules and man
9: Fakes and fortunes
10: Back to the future
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