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In 2012, a New York auction catalogue boasted an unusual offering: "a superb Tyrannosaurus skeleton." In fact, Lot 49135 consisted of a nearly complete T. bataar, a close cousin to the most famous animal that ever lived. The fossils now on display in a Manhattan event space had been unearthed in Mongolia, more than 6,000 miles away. At eight-feet high and 24 feet long, the specimen was spectacular, and when the gavel sounded the winning bid was over...
22) Prehistoric life
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Describes prehistoric life, including the earliest creatures, dinosaurs, early mammals, and the first humans.
24) Dinosaur bones
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Presents a poem about dinosaur bones with paper collage illustrations, and includes facts about dinosaurs on each page.
26) Dinosaur tracks
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Describes the fossilized remains of dinosaur tracks and what can be learned from them.
28) Fossils
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"Much of our understanding of ancient plants and animals comes from the fossil record. Big or small, fossils offer images of life on Earth from billions of years ago! Young paleontologists will solidify their interests by learning how to study fossils in this fascinating title"--Provided by the publisher.
31) Explore fossils!
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Presents teachers with a range of lessons and fun study plans for introducing students to the study of fossils and dinosaurs, as well as other prehistoric animals, plants, and microbes.
37) Fossils
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Provides an overview of fossils including how they are formed, what they are made of, their historical implications, how they are dated, and how to hunt for them.
38) Fossils
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Discusses types of fossils and what scientists can learn from them; also gives information on fossil fuels.
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"As a kid, Mary Anning loved hunting for fossils with her father. One day, that hobby led to an unexpected discovery: the skeleton of a creature no one had never seen before! Mary had unearthed a dinosaur fossil, the first to ever be discovered. Her find reshaped scientific beliefs about the natural world and led to the beginning of a brand new field of study: paleontology. For the rest of her life, Mary continued to make astonishing finds and her...
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Sir David Attenborough drops in for tea at the modest suburban home of Neville and Sally Hollingworth, both amateur fossil hunters in southern England. He's there to look at some of the unusual objects that decorate their living room, including giant tusks and massive molars that belonged to extinct mammoths and a hand-axe shaped by Neanderthals.
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