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Bibi, F., A. Hill and M. Beech. 2017. \u00a0A Thousand and One Fossils \u2013 Discoveries in the Desert at Al Gharbia<\/em>. Yale University Publications in Anthropology & Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n April 25, 2017<\/span> This lavish volume celebrates the astonishing wealth of fossils uncovered in recent decades in Abu Dhabi\u2019s desert. These prehistoric findings, around seven million years in age, record a period when the region was lush, green, and teeming with diverse mammals, all now extinct. With more than one hundred full-color photographs, including reconstructions of extinct animals, this book is both a visual delight and a unique glimpse into Arabia\u2019s ancient past. All text in the book is presented in both English and Arabic.<\/p>\n You may\u00a0order this book from Yale Press<\/a> or Amazon<\/a>.<\/div>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Bibi, F., A. Hill and M. Beech. 2017. \u00a0A Thousand and One Fossils \u2013 Discoveries in the Desert at Al Gharbia. Yale University Publications in Anthropology & Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority.\u00a0 April 25, 2017 120 pages,\u00a012 x 9 128 color + 6 b\/w illus. ISBN: 9781933789071 Hardcover This lavish volume celebrates the astonishing … Continue reading New book published on fossils from Abu Dhabi’s western region<\/span>
\n120 pages,\u00a012 x 9
\n128 color + 6 b\/w illus.
\nISBN: 9781933789071
\nHardcover<\/p>\nFaysal Bibi<\/b> is a researcher at the Museum f\u00fcr Naturkunde in Berlin and co-director of the Baynunah Paleontology Project in the Al Gharbia Region of Abu Dhabi Emirate. He lives in Berlin, Germany. Andrew Hill<\/b> was J. Clayton Stephenson Professor of Anthropology, curator and head of the Division of Anthropology, and curator of vertebrate paleontology in the Peabody Museum at Yale University, and co-director of the Baynunah Paleontology Project.<\/div>\nMark Beech <\/b>is head of coastal heritage and paleontology, Historic Environment Department, Abu Dhabi Tourism and Culture Authority, and co-director of the Baynunah Paleontology Project. He lives in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.markbeech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/2017-04-26-12.40.55.jpg\")
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