Opening with the formation of the Earth and Moon, the book’s opening pages are dedicated to geology rather than paleontology. The first 50 pages are dedicated to “Young Earth” the rest of the book, “Life on Earth.” The book is broken down into two main sections, one much smaller than the other. It’s a weighty hardback, totaling over 400 pages, filled with DK’s trademark blend of beautiful photos and informative text. Starting with the formation of the Earth and running up to the quaternary period, Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Life contains everything you could ever want to know about life on earth, before the arrival of humans. ‘ Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Life,’ by comparison, is a Diplodocus huge and liable to squash you if it falls on your head. These were mainly aimed at children, and, in dinosaur terms, were mere Compsognathus. In the two years or so that I have been writing my Word Wednesday column, I’ve reviewed several DK dinosaur-related books.
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