Evolution : the story of life / Douglas Palmer ; illustrated by Peter Barrett.
By: Palmer, Douglas [Author].
Contributor(s): Barrett, Peter [illustrator] | Natural History Museum (London, England).
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TextPublisher: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2009Description: 367 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.ISBN: 0520255119; 9780520255111.Subject(s): Evolution (Biology) -- Encyclopedias | Evolution (Biology) -- Pictorial worksDDC classification: 576.8 PAL | Item type | Current location | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Includes index.
Published in association with the Natural History Museum (London) to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of his On the origin of species.
Twenty p. on folded leaves, unfold to 30 x 50 cm.
Introduction. What is evolution? ; Putting life in order -- How to use this book -- The science of evolution. Darwin ; Origin and beyond ; Time and life ; The pattern of life ; What are fossils? ; The variety of fossils ; Reconstructing the past ; Evolution today -- The story of evolution : one hundred illustrated site reconstructions -- The trees of life -- Site gazetteer -- Species listing.
"Evolution" recreates the 3.5 billion-year story of life on Earth in stunning detail through vivid full-color illustrations and graphics, the latest scientific information, and hundreds of photographs--a beautifully detailed panorama of communities from microbes to humankind that have lived on the planet's continents and in its oceans.
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