Bibliograph

Billions of years, amazing changes, the story of evolution, Laurence Pringle ; illustrations by Steve Jenkins ; with a foreword by Jerry A. Coyne

Type

Label

Billions of years, amazing changes, the story of evolution, Laurence Pringle ; illustrations by Steve Jenkins ; with a foreword by Jerry A. Coyne

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 97-98) and index

Illustrations

mapsphotographsillustrations

Index

index present

Intended audience

Middle School1000, Lexile

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Billions of years, amazing changes

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

730413934

Responsibility statement

Laurence Pringle ; illustrations by Steve Jenkins ; with a foreword by Jerry A. Coyne

resource.studyProgramName

Accelerated Reader, 7.5.Reading Counts!, 6.5.

Sub title

the story of evolution

Summary

Traces the history of man's discoveries about evolution, covering both the mechanisms of evolution and examples of natural selection

Table Of Contents

Imagine -- Evidence from the earth -- How fossils form -- Layers of rock, layers of past life -- The adventures and discoveries of Charles Darwin -- Evolution -- Variation -- Nature's bounty -- Competition -- Natural selection -- After Darwin -- Telling time -- Genetics -- More and more fossils -- "Missing links" found -- Moving continents -- On faraway islands -- Coevolution -- Origin of species -- Evolution, going on right now

Target audience

juvenile

resource.variantTitle

Story of evolution

Contributor

Creator