evolution

A natural history of life on Earth, drawing from the fossil record to trace the period between the Big Bang and the appearance of Homo sapiens, and stressing the interconnectedness of all life forms.

Discusses human evolution and the search for the earliest forms of humans, examining the Neanderthals, Homo erectus, the variety of fossils found in Africa, and the early apelike hominids.

Explains evolution as a flowing river of genes, genes meeting, competing, uniting, and sometimes separating to form new species.

Presents recent theories on man's origins from both the study of fossils and the study of molecules.

Describes experiments leading to controversial conclusions about the origins of life.

Describes such living fossils as the horseshoe crab, coelacanth, lungfish, cockroach, Galapagos tortoise, and other animals that have survived, almost unchanged, since prehistoric times.

Discusses theories on the origin of the universe, the birth of earth, and the earliest life forms.

An easy-to-read survey of various prehistoric animals, emphasizing their relationship to present-day species.

Jerome Lawrence and Robert E. Lee's 1951 play based on the Scopes Trial in Dayton, Tennessee, July 1925, which opened the debate over the teaching of creationism and evolution.

Examines the Scopes "monkey" trial concerning the teaching of evolution in public schools.