TY  - BOOK
AU  - Thomson,Keith Stewart
TI  - Fossils: a very short introduction 
SN  - 9780192805041 (pbk.)
U1  - 560 THO 23
PY  - 2005///
CY  - Oxford, New York
PB  - Oxford University Press
KW  - Fossils
KW  - Popular works
KW  - Fossilization
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 141-142) and index; Introduction -- A cultural phenomenon -- Fossils in the popular imagination -- Some things we know, some things we don't -- Against the odds -- Bringing fossils to life -- Evolving -- Of molecules and man -- Fakes and fortunes -- Back to the future
N2  - Fossils have been vital to our understanding of the formation of the Earth and the origins of life on it. Keith Thomson presents an explanation of fossils as a phenomenon, highlighting their impact on mythology, philosophy and popular culture
UR  - http://www.openisbn.com/isbn/0192805045/
ER  -