AMBER FOREST by Poinar, George O ISBN 0691057281
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[edit] AMBER FOREST
In Jurassic Park, amber fossils provided the key to bringing dinosaurs back to life. Here, the authors use amber for a similar act of revival - only they bring back an entire ecosystem. They reconstruct in words, drawings, and color photographs the ecosystem that existed on the island of Hispaniola between fifteen and forty-five million years ago.
In Jurassic Park, amber fossils provided the key to bringing dinosaurs back to life. Scientists in the movie extracted dinosaur blood from mosquitoes preserved for millions of years in amber - hardened tree resin - and used the blood's DNA to revive the creatures that terrified audiences around the globe. Here, George and Roberta Poinar use amber for a similar act of revival - only they bring back an entire ecosystem. The Poinars are world leaders in the study of amber fossils and have spent years examining the uniquely rich supply that has survived from the ancient forests of the Dominican Republic. They draw on their research to reconstruct in words, drawings, and spectacular color photographs the ecosystem that existed on the island of Hispaniola between 15 and 45 million years ago. Not only is The Amber Forest the most accurate description scientists have yet produced of any past tropical forest, but it is also a beautifully written and illustrated homage to a remarkable, vanished world.
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[edit] Title
AMBER FOREST
[edit] Author
Poinar, George O
[edit] ISBN
0691057281
[edit] Published
04/09/2001
[edit] Publisher
Princeton University Press
[edit] Binding
paperback
[edit] Retail Price
15.5 (GBP)
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