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Paleontology

Benton, Michael J., and others. Basic Paleontology. Addison-Wesley, 1997. A highly informative and instructive book, especially for novices.

Eldridge, Niles. Fossils: The Evolution and Extinction of Species. Abrams, 1991. Splendidly illustrated by a leading extinction theorist.

Garcia, Frank A., and Donald S. Miller. Illus. Jaspar Burns. Discovering Fossils: How to Find and Identify Remains of the Prehistoric Past. Stackpole, 1998. A well-written and engaging introduction to vertebrate fossils and fossil collecting in general, copiously illustrated, for the experienced collector and the initiate alike.

Krishtalka, Leonard. Dinosaur Plots and Other Intrigues in Natural History. Morrow, 1989. Entertaining discussion of paleontological investigation and intrigues.

Prothero, Donald R. Bringing Fossils to Life: An Introduction to Paleobiology. McGraw-Hill, 1997. An excellent introduction to studying fossils.

Raup, David M. Extinction: Bad Genes or Bad Luck? Norton, 1991. Discusses the mechanisms of extinction.

Stone Age

Burenhult, Goran, ed. People of the Stone Age: Hunter-Gatherers and Early Farmers. HarperSanFrancisco, 1993. Explores global early human history beginning about 12,000 BC; illustrated.

Rudgley, Richard. The Lost Civilizations of the Stone Age. Free Press, 1999. A controversial study of the rise of civilization and its origins in Stone Age culture.

Spindler, Konrad, and others. Trans. Ewald Osers. The Man in the Ice: The Discovery of a 5,000-Year-Old Body Reveals the Secrets of the Stone Age. Harmony, 1994. An account of the discovery of the mummified corpse of a Neolithic man in the Alps in 1991; for general audiences.

Vialou, Peter. Prehistoric Art and Civilization. Abrams, 1998. Covers the development of Stone Age technologies.

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