This introductory text to palaeontology is now in its fourth edition, which says something about its success with students and teachers over the years. A significant asset as a first-year introductory text is its coverage of all palaeontology from microfossils to hominids and plants. Ausich and Gary Lane avoid the somewhat boring and predictable tramp through the divisions of life that most such texts employ. Instead, they adopt a biologically driven thematic approach with seventeen succinct chapters on topics ranging from the usual ‘Time and Fossils’ and ‘The Organisation of Life’ to more novel chapters such as ‘The Fossil Record...
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