With Trilobite, Richard Fortey, paleontologist , offers a well written and witty scientific narrative of the most ubiquitous of f
Trilobites were shelled animals that lived in the oceans over five hundred million years ago. They survived in the arctic or the tropics,. They were spiky or smooth. Also they were large as lobsters or small as fleas.
Because they flourished for three hundred million years, they can be used to glimpse a less evolved world of ancient continents and vanished oceans. Informative and entertaining, this book is a uniquely exuberant homage to a fabulously singular species.
The author’s study helps us understand evolution through the study of these strange and wonderful creatures. The sub title of the book is Eyewitness to Evolution.