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Author:

Palmer, Douglas.

Title:

Evolution : the story of life / Douglas Palmer ; illustrated by Peter Barrett.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

367 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 30 cm.

Subject:

Evolution (Biology)--Encyclopedias.
Evolution (Biology)--Pictorial works.

Other Authors:

Natural History Museum (London, England)

Notes:

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.

Contents:

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.

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.

ISBN:

0520255119
9780520255111 (hc.) :

OCLC:

(OCoLC)456259362

LCCN:

2010275161

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UQAX771 -- Des Moines Area Community College Library - Ankeny (Ankeny)

KSPG296 -- Burlington Public Library (Burlington)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

CEAX572 -- Kirkwood Community College Library (Cedar Rapids)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

MXPG943 -- Fort Dodge Public Library (Fort Dodge)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

SOAX911 -- Simpson College - Dunn Library (Indianola)

GLAX641 -- Marshalltown Community College Library (Marshalltown)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)