Examines the scientific foundations of the theory of evolution, an idea advanced by nineteenth-century British naturalist Charles Darwin to explain how all forms of life on Earth change and adapt to environmental opportunities.
the evolution and extinction of species : being an investigation of the pulse and pace of the evolution of life as revealed by the fossilized remains of the Earth's ancient flora and fauna
In a post-apocalyptic world where everyone dies at age nineteen and rainwater contains a killer virus, Esther and Eli band together with a group of mutant, hermaphroditic outsiders to fight a corrupt ruler and save the town of Prin.
An introduction to evolutionary biology spans evolutionary science from its inception to its latest findings, covering discoveries, philosophy, and history.
Visitors, spectators, and residents of Dayton, Tennessee, in 1925 describe, in a series of free-verse poems, the Scopes "monkey trial" and its effects on that small town and its citizens.
"Sixty-five million years ago, when dinosaurs ruled the Earth, there lived a small mammal, a proto-primate of the species Purgatorius. From this humble beginning, the author traces the human lineage forward through time.
