From the creators of "Walking with Dinosaurs" comes this stunning visual encyclopedia of prehistoric animals. "The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life" is a 'who's who' of the prehistoric world - from primitive amphibians and giant armoured fish, to predatory dinosaurs and sabre-toothed cats. Tracing the amazing story of the evolution of life on Earth, the book features over 100 of the largest, weirdest and scariest animals that ever existed. Here, for the first time, we meet some of the truly bizarre creatures that thrived hundreds of millions of years before the dinosaurs roamed the Earth: for example, Pterygotus, a three-metre long sea scorpion, and Hyneria, a two-tonne killer fish that was capable of 'walking' on land. Many of these magnificent creatures have never been visualized before. Moving through the dinosaur era, the book recreates these awesome super-beasts and vividly depicts the landscapes in which they lived and died. All the favourites are here - from Tyrannosaurus and Diplodocus to Iguanodon and Velociraptor. With the dying out of the dinosaurs we are introduced to a whole new cast of characters, no less fascinating - the weird and wonderful mammals that are the ancestors of modern humans. What did these animals eat? How did they raise their young? How did they survive attack? "The Complete Guide to Prehistoric Life" is packed full of the latest scientific evidence on each animal's biology, lifestyle and behaviour, and highlights key facts on size, diet and distribution. Illustrated with impressive digital imagery and remarkable fossil finds, this comprehensive field guide brings alive the creatures of the past in a breathtakingly realistic way.

蒂姆·海恩斯（Tim Haines），1982年在班戈大學獲應用動物學學士學位，隨後加入英國廣播公司（BBC）自然曆史部自然節目組，並於1988年調入科學部。他曾緻力於許多BBC重要的科學係列節目的製作，並齣品瞭屢獲殊榮的地平綫（Horizon）係列節目，包括《冰凍木乃伊》（Ice Mummy）三部麯。他是《與恐龍同行》（Walking with Dinosaurs）係列節目的創作者及製片人，《與野獸同行》（Walking with Beasts）節目的執行製片人，並編寫瞭與節目相關的兩部圖書。同時，他還是《海洋怪物》（Sea Monsters）及《與巨獸同行》（Walking with Monsters）節目的執行製片人。

保羅·錢伯斯（Paul Chambers），於倫敦大學學院獲得微體古生物學博士學位，著有《爭論的緣由》（Bones of Contention）、《世外桃源般的生活》（A Sheltered Life）等書。在調到BBC科學部之前，他是BBC兒童部的一名研究員。他在科學部從事《與恐龍同行》及《與野獸同行》節目的製作，而後擔任過《海洋怪物》及《與巨獸同行》等節目的聯閤製片人。