evolution

". . . [tells the] story of the brilliant team who discovered the "Ardi" skeleton, a human more than a million years older than the famous Lucy, and their twenty-year quest to redefine our understanding of human evolution"--Provided by publisher.

"Renowned paleontologist and New York times bestselling author of 'The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs' Steve Brusatte charts the extraordinary story of the dinosaurs' successor: mammals, which emerged from the shadows to rule the Earth"--Provided by publisher.

This compelling text examines evolution, its definition, and the scientific evidence that evolution has taken place. Readers explore the concepts of natural selection, Darwin's Origin of Species, genetics and evolution, population genetics, patterns in evolution and species concepts, the story of life and geological time, and human evolution. Easy-to-follow narratives offer students additional biological information in sidebars, such as "Closeup" boxes that give details about main concepts and "Try This" boxes that provide safe experiments for readers to perform. The text serves as a must-have resource on modern thinking about evolution and the history of evolutionary theories.

. . . this picture book takes readers way back in time to tell the story of how life on Earth began.

"Discover how lizards rapidly adapt to life in the Caribbean islands, allowing scientists to study Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection in real time."--Provided by publisher.

"A paleontologist and a storyteller take two children through the birth of our planet to the present day, covering major geological periods and the evolution of life on Earth"-- Provided by publisher.

"A . . . science writer draws upon the most recent discoveries in paleoarchaeology and evolutionary biology to present the seven most important steps leading to Homo sapiens"--Provided by publisher.

"In the second 'Sapiens' volume, Yuval Noah Harari tells the story of how we took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, famine, disease, and inequality became a part of the human condition. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy, the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News, and the story of urbanization is told as a travel brochure offering discount journeys to ancient Babylon and China"--OCLC.

An illustrated study of prehistoric life on Earth, examining the fossil record, and providing examples of how live forms have evolved over the ages to adapt to perpetually changing conditions.

Readers will take a journey as they discover the traits of the smallest rodent, the biggest whale, and everything in between.