Evolution : the story of life / Douglas Palmer ; illustrated by Peter Barrett.
Palmer, Douglas.; Natural History Museum (London, England)
2009
QH360.2 .P35 2009 (Mapit)
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Title Evolution : the story of life / Douglas Palmer ; illustrated by Peter Barrett.
Author Palmer, Douglas.
ISBN 9780520255111
0520255119
Imprint Berkeley : University of California Press, c2009.
Language English
Description 367 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.
Call Number QH360.2 .P35 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification 576.8
Summary "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.
Note Twenty p. on folded leaves, unfold to 30 x 50 cm.
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.
Includes index.
Added Corporate Author Natural History Museum (London, England)
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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
Fold out timeline and artwork panorama.

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