Zustand: New. The history of life is illustrated by fossils which give crucial information on the plants and animals of the past. This book presents a compilation of this mass of data. It documents the various families of protists, plants and animals and their ranges in geological time, with full details of first and last species for each family. Editor(s): Benton, Michael. Num Pages: 864 pages, biography. BIC Classification: RBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1699. . 1993. 2 ed. Hardback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.