Internationally recognized award-winning paleontologist, presenter, and author Dean Lomax has traveled the globe excavating dinosaurs and has described several new species of prehistoric reptiles along the way. Dean is passionate about communicating paleontology and has presented on TV, including ITV's Dinosaur Britain. Author of several books, scientific papers, and articles, Dean has a gold medal for excellence in science and he is also the patron of the UK Association of Fossil Hunters (UKAFH), Mary Anning Rocks! and is a Visiting Scientist at the University of Manchester. In 2021, Dean led the UK dig that unearthed the Rutland Sea Dragon - the largest and most complete ichthyosaur fossil found in the UK.

From astronauts and knights to vampires and dragons, Mike Love has a love for working with imagination and narrative. He has worked with publishers such as Bloomsbury, Scholastic, Orion, OUP and many more. Mike has a Master's Degree in Fine Art from the University of Aberystwyth.

They previously worked together on Prehistoric Pets.

What did a penguin's great, great, great, great, GREAT grandparent look like? Find out with incredible POP-UP pages!
Palaeontologist Dr Dean Lomax takes a closer look at seven wild animals and, using fossil clues, reveals who their prehistoric relatives were.
From a mighty whale to a tiny dragonfly, find out about the wild creatures and their animal families today. Then open the fold-out pages to reveal awesome pop-ups, bringing you face-to-face with their long-extinct ancestors. Go head-to-head with the woolly mammoth, meet the mega shark Megalodon and get to know the prehistoric penguin named Icadyptes. Discover how these animals lived long ago, how they are different to their modern relatives - and how they are the same.
Full of fascinating facts, bright illustrations and real fossil finds, meet PREHISTORIC BEASTS of the past.