Evolution. (2009 ©1993)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Eyewitness evolution
• Further Information: Note: Written by Linda Gamlin.
• Other Names: Gamlin, Linda
• Contents: Creation stories -- Fossils and fairy tales -- Victims of the flood -- Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck -- Extinct animals -- A series of catastrophes -- Dinosaur frenzy -- Charles Darwin -- Living evidence -- Animal and plant distribution -- Fossil evidence -- How old is Earth? -- Artificial selection -- Variation and inheritance -- The struggle for existence -- Natural selection -- Understanding adaptation -- How new species are formed -- Living intermediates -- Fossil intermediates -- Jumps and gaps -- Ladders and branches -- Gregor Mendel -- Solving the DNA puzzle -- The molecular evidence -- The origin of life -- Science and belief -- History of life -- Up to the present -- Classifying life -- Discoveries in evolution -- Find out more -- Glossary -- Index.
• Edition: Revised edition
• Publisher Details: London New York Boston : Dorling Kindersley Distributed by Houghton Mifflin Co
• Publication Date: 2009
• Copyright Date: 1993
• Extent: 1 online resource (72 pages), illustrations (some color), color map
• Subjects: 576.8; Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects; Evolution (Biology) -- Juvenile literature; Evolution; Evolution (Biology); Juvenile literature; Natural history; Science; Evolution (Biology); Evolution; Educational: Biology; Electronic books; Juvenile works
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780756656089; 0756656087; 9781405346337; 1405346337
• Related ISBNs: 9780756650285; 0756650283; 9780756650292; 0756650291; 9781405337779; 140533777X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (page 68) and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.