Please note that this is an unabridged republication of the second revised and expanded 1989 version of this work, originally published by Doubleday, New York, in 1958.
With this definitive guide, professional palaeontologists and amateur fossil enthusiasts alike will discover valuable information about finding, preserving, and studying fossils. This expanded edition features over 1,500 drawings and photographs in its fascinating explorations of everything from single-celled organisms, arthropods, and amphibians to dinosaurs, birds, and mammals