FOSSILS. By H.H. Swinnerton. New Naturalist No. 42.

(1960) 1973 reprint. Ppxv,312. Colour frontispiece, b/w photographs, illustrations, maps and bibliography. Green buckram, spine titled in gilt.

"You can find fossils practically everywhere in the British Isles, and Britain's geological structure is so richly varied that in our beaches, cliffs, rocks and mud-flats are creatures and organisms of all ages, from pre-Cambrian times of 500 million years ago down to the present day. Prof. H.H. Swinnerton gives us a straightforward historical account offossils; they are classified, described, explained and copiously illustrated with photographs and drawings. Starting from the earliest British fauna, he follows the evolution of plants and animals up to the appearance of Homo Sapiens".