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Animals of the Past

Prior to the emergence of paleontology and comparative anatomy as scientific disciplines at the end of the 18th century, it was generally known that there were species of animals that had disappeared completely. The term "extinction" originally applied to the extinguishing of fires or erasing of one's debt. It was not until 1784 that the term extinction was used to denote the complete eradication of a species of living being. In 1901, Frederic A. Lucas penned an overview of vertebrate animals whose only evidence of being remained in fossil records. The book focuses primarily on vertebrate animals, from fish to mammals. - Summary by Jeffery Smith

Year of Publication: 1901Genres: Life Sciences,Nature,Animals

Running Time: 05 hours 54 minutes 56 seconds(13 chapters)

Language: EnglishRead by: Jeffery

#	Chapter Name
	Introductory and Explanatory Jeffery	8:25
	Chapter 1 Fossils, and How They Are Formed Jeffery	25:44
	Chapter 2 The Earliest Known Vertebrates Jeffery	21:05
	Chapter 3 Impressions of the Past Jeffery	21:35
	Chapter 4 Rulers of the Ancient Seas Jeffery	30:35
	Chapter 5 Birds of Old Jeffery	28:15
	Chapter 6 The Dinosaurs Jeffery	28:36
	Chapter 7 Reading the Riddles of the Rocks Jeffery	40:18
	Chapter 8 Feathered Giants Jeffery	32:01
	Chapter 9 Ancestry of the Horse Jeffery	23:29
	Chapter 10 The Mammoth Jeffery	31:21
	Chapter 11 The Mastodon Jeffery	32:28
	Chapter 12 Why Do Animals Become Extinct? Jeffery	31:04