Items related to Living Fossils: Clues to the Past
You haven’t changed a bit!
Living fossils, or modern-day animals that very closely resemble their ancient relatives. Meet the coelacanth, horseshoe crab, dragonfly, tuatara, nautilus, and Hula painted frog. All are living fossils. Why have they changed so little over time, while other animals evolved or went extinct? Using contrasting "then" and "now" illustrations, veteran nonfiction writer Caroline Arnold alternates between a prehistoric creature in its native environment and its contemporary living-fossil counterpart. An amazing way to experience the ancient past!
Back matter includes a time line, additional information about the six living fossils, a glossary, and suggestions for further reading.
Living fossils, or modern-day animals that very closely resemble their ancient relatives. Meet the coelacanth, horseshoe crab, dragonfly, tuatara, nautilus, and Hula painted frog. All are living fossils. Why have they changed so little over time, while other animals evolved or went extinct? Using contrasting "then" and "now" illustrations, veteran nonfiction writer Caroline Arnold alternates between a prehistoric creature in its native environment and its contemporary living-fossil counterpart. An amazing way to experience the ancient past!
Back matter includes a time line, additional information about the six living fossils, a glossary, and suggestions for further reading.
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Caroline Arnold is the author of more than one hundred books for children, most of them about science and nature. Recent titles include Too Hot? Too Cold? Keeping Body Temperature Just Right, and A Warmer World. In 2005 Caroline was awarded the Washington Post/Children's Book Guild Nonfiction Award.
Andrew Plant is a trained zoologist with a strong interest in paleontology. He has illustrated more than one hundred books for children, including Ancient Animals: Saber-toothed Cat and Ancient Animals: Terror Bird by Sarah L. Thomson and A Platypus, Probably by Sneed B. Collard III.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.:
Andrew Plant is a trained zoologist with a strong interest in paleontology. He has illustrated more than one hundred books for children, including Ancient Animals: Saber-toothed Cat and Ancient Animals: Terror Bird by Sarah L. Thomson and A Platypus, Probably by Sneed B. Collard III.
In December 1938, fishermen off the east coast of South Africa pulled up a strange-looking fish. It was five feet long and pale blue, with an unusually large, lobed tail. The fishermen gave the fish to Marjorie Courtenay-Latimer, the curator of a local museum. She had never seen anything like it, so she sent a sketch to Professor J. L. B. Smith, a fish expert. When he saw the drawing, he was astounded. It looked almost exactly like the coelacanth, a fish thought to have died out about sixty-five million years earlier. How could this fish, missing from the fossil record for tens of millions of years, still be swimming in the ocean? Why had it survived when so many other species had become extinct? What could it reveal about life in prehistoric times? The fish appeared to be a “living fossil.”
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherCharlesbridge
- Publication date2016
- ISBN 10 158089691X
- ISBN 13 9781580896917
- BindingHardcover
- Number of pages32
- IllustratorPlant Andrew
- Rating
Buy New
Learn more about this copy
US$ 57.72
Shipping:
US$ 4.00
Within U.S.A.
Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace
Stock Image
Living Fossils: Clues to the Past
Published by
Charlesbridge
(2016)
ISBN 10: 158089691X
ISBN 13: 9781580896917
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Plant, Andrew (illustrator). New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_158089691X
Buy New
US$ 57.72
Convert currency
Stock Image
Living Fossils: Clues to the Past
Published by
Charlesbridge
(2016)
ISBN 10: 158089691X
ISBN 13: 9781580896917
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 2
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Plant, Andrew (illustrator). Brand New!. Seller Inventory # VIB158089691X
Buy New
US$ 63.26
Convert currency
Stock Image
Living Fossils: Clues to the Past
Published by
Charlesbridge
(2016)
ISBN 10: 158089691X
ISBN 13: 9781580896917
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Plant, Andrew (illustrator). Buy for Great customer experience. Seller Inventory # GoldenDragon158089691X
Buy New
US$ 63.01
Convert currency
Stock Image
Living Fossils: Clues to the Past
Published by
Charlesbridge
(2016)
ISBN 10: 158089691X
ISBN 13: 9781580896917
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Plant, Andrew (illustrator). New. Seller Inventory # Wizard158089691X
Buy New
US$ 63.08
Convert currency
Stock Image
Living Fossils: Clues to the Past
Published by
Charlesbridge
(2016)
ISBN 10: 158089691X
ISBN 13: 9781580896917
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Condition: new. Plant, Andrew (illustrator). Seller Inventory # FrontCover158089691X
Buy New
US$ 62.93
Convert currency
Stock Image
Living Fossils: Clues to the Past
Published by
Charlesbridge
(2016)
ISBN 10: 158089691X
ISBN 13: 9781580896917
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Plant, Andrew (illustrator). New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think158089691X
Buy New
US$ 63.09
Convert currency
Stock Image
Living Fossils: Clues to the Past
Published by
Charlesbridge
(2016)
ISBN 10: 158089691X
ISBN 13: 9781580896917
New
Hardcover
Quantity: 1
Seller:
Rating
Book Description Hardcover. Condition: new. Plant, Andrew (illustrator). Brand New Copy. Seller Inventory # BBB_new158089691X
Buy New
US$ 70.17
Convert currency