natural selection

Discusses the life and scientific discoveries of Charles Darwin.

An overview of natural selection that covers adaptation, Charles Darwin's work and objections to his theories, Mendel's findings about inheritance, and other related topics.

Presents Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, with illustrations, photographs, newspaper engravings, and zoological studies.

Presents scientific evidence supporting evolution and provides information on fossils, comparative anatomy, molecules, and evolutionary biology.

An adaptation of "On the Origin of Species" by Charles Darwin in which he explains his theories of evolution by natural selection.

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.

"A picture book adaptation of Charles Darwin's . . . 'On the Origin of Species,' . . . illustrated and told in . . . easy-to-understand text for young readers"--Provided by publisher.

"Tells the story of Charles Darwin, and shows how his revolutionary research changed the world forever, discussing his fascination with the natural world which began at an early age, his love of collecting new specimens and keen eye for observation to his groundbreaking theory of evolution"--Provided by publisher.

Presents an adaptation, in graphic novel form, of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection that also covers his early research, the public's intial reception of the book, his correspondence with other scientists of his time, and more.

Charles Darwin explains his theories of evolution by natural selection.