The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life

The most exciting view of prehistoric life available. The hardcover edition of this exciting book was hailed by January magazine as "the book on dinosaurs everyone has been waiting for." Science News noted that it will "appeal to dinosaur enthusiasts of all ages." The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life is the stunning accompaniment to the award-winning Walking with Dinosaurs television series that aired on the Discovery Channel in 2005. Repeat showings, running through 2006 and beyond, will create new fans of its revolutionary animation and graphics. Like the series, this book brings the primitive world of extinct creatures to vivid photo-realistic life, only with greater detail and content. In-depth profiles of 112 beasts cover physical characteristics, lifestyle, habitat and behavior. Throughout, "fascinating fact" sidebars offer additional bits of "dinotrivia." But, more than dinosaurs, readers will find creatures from triobites to early human beings. At the heart of the book are 350 richly detailed and lifelike color illustrations -- accompanied by comprehensive text -- which are the result of pioneering work by the Emmy award-winning creative team at Framestore CFC. Using animation, graphic effects and filmmaking, they re-created awe-inspiring prehistoric creatures and the world they lived in. These images are now reproduced to thrill readers.

The most exciting view of prehistoric life available.

The hardcover edition of this exciting book was hailed by January magazine as "the book on dinosaurs everyone has been waiting for." Science News noted that it will "appeal to dinosaur enthusiasts of all ages." The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life is the stunning accompaniment to the award-winning Walking with Dinosaurs television series that aired on the Discovery Channel in 2005. Repeat showings, running through 2006 and beyond, will create new fans of its revolutionary animation and graphics.

Like the series, this book brings the primitive world of extinct creatures to vivid photo-realistic life, only with greater detail and content. In-depth profiles of 112 beasts cover physical characteristics, lifestyle, habitat and behavior. Throughout, "fascinating fact" sidebars offer additional bits of "dinotrivia." But, more than dinosaurs, readers will find creatures from triobites to early human beings.

At the heart of the book are 350 richly detailed and lifelike color illustrations -- accompanied by comprehensive text -- which are the result of pioneering work by the Emmy award-winning creative team at Framestore CFC. Using animation, graphic effects and filmmaking, they re-created awe-inspiring prehistoric creatures and the world they lived in. These images are now reproduced to thrill readers.

Tim Haines is a trained zoologist and a scientific journalist. He has worked on BBC TV's Nature as well as on its award-winning Ice Mummy trilogy. He is executive producer of the Walking with Dinosaurs series.

Paul Chambers has degrees in geology and paleontology and has worked at the London Natural History Museum. A writer and scientific adviser, he was researcher for the Walking with Dinosaurs series.