Patrick Wyse Jackson’s new book has just been published: Introducing Palaeontology - A Guide to Ancient Life (Dunedin Academic Press, Edinburgh). ISBN 13: 9781906716158. Paperback, pp. viii+152.

October 2010

Lavishly illustrated with photographs (many of specimens from the College Geological Museum) and explanatory diagrams Introducing Palaeontology provides a concise and accessible introduction to the science of palaeontology. The book is divided into two parts. The first explains what a fossil is; how fossils came to be preserved; how they are classified; and what information they can tell scientists about the rocks in which they are found. The second part introduces the major fossil groups taking a systematic view from algae and plants, through the numerous examples of invertebrate animals, to the vertebrates and finally to man’s ancestors.