La paleontología en 100 preguntas

The answers of science to the fundamental questions about the origin of life and the origin of the human being. From the first bacteria -3,800 million years ago- and the first organisms, plants and vertebrates, to the conquest of the earth, the era of dinosaurs, mammals and the appearance of hominids in the Miocene 7 million years ago. Are whales and cows cousins?, What were the first forms of life like?, How did climatic changes affect life?, How could the first cell arise?, What is the Cambrian explosion?, Why What did amphibians get out of the water? Is it true that dinosaurs were afraid of mice? How did whales lose their hind legs? Are we reaching the 6th extinction? Who were the first Europeans? When Did language appear? Are there living fossils? Who has not ever wondered about the appearance of the first living beings, the dinosaurs that inhabited the Earth or the origin of the human being? Paleontology, through the study of fossils, offers us an exciting journey to discover the living beings that inhabited the Earth in the different geological eras. In this book we invite you to dive into the history of life on Earth and discover its great moments such as the appearance of the first bacteria 3,800 million years ago, going through the first armored organisms, the first land plants, the first vertebrates, the conquest of the earth, the first forests, the age of the dinosaurs, the appearance of mammals, the appearance of flowering plants or the appearance of hominids. Do you dare to discover what they were like?