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Quest for the African Dinosaurs: Ancient Roots of the Modern World
Quest for the African Dinosaurs Ancient Roots of the Modern World Author:Louis Jacobs Winner of the Colbert Award for the best adult book about dinosaursLouis Jacobs reopened paleontologists' eyes to the African continent when he uncovered a major fossil site in the hills of Malawi in the 1980s. During five digging seasons in Malawi and three in Cameroon, Jacobs found the remains of two meat-eating theropods, two herbivorous saur... more »opods, an odd crocodile about the size of a Chihuahua, and rare early mammals. Now in paperback, Quest for the African Dinosaurs includes Jacobs' new introduction, which discusses recent developments in paleontological research in Africa.« less