An illustrated history of plants presented through the stories of 50 key fossil discoveriesThis is the lively, fully illustrated story of plant life on Earth as revealed through some of the most signi
Long before there were animals on the earth, many kinds of plants covered the prehistoric planet. The soft remains rarely fossilized, but sometimes leaves, flowers, and branches would fall into soft m
This guide to fossil plants explains the lives of these ancient plants, how they came to be fossilized, and what they may tell us about the past. Kenrick and Davis trace the evolution of land plants,