Amazing evolution the journey of life
"What makes a fish a fish? Why do giraffes have such long necks? How can all living things, from plants, tigers, and mushrooms to dragonflies, octopuses, and humans, be related? Evolution holds the answers to these, and many more, questions about life on Earth. This book explores what evolution is,...
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London, United Kingdom :
Ivy Kids,
2019.
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Table of Contents:
- Ch. 1. Understanding evolution
- What is evolution?
- The variety of life
- Darwin and Wallace
- The big idea
- It's all in the genes
- New species
- Going extinct
- Types of evolution
- Lookalikes
- ch. 2. Life through the ages
- Earth's history
- The fossil record
- How life began
- Out of the sea
- Age of the dinosaurs
- Rise of the mammals
- Here come the humans!
- Lucy
- ch. 3. The family tree
- One big family
- Shared features: hands
- Darwin's doodle
- Which is which?
- ch. 4. Evolution in action
- Eve-volution
- Into the air
- Plants and pollinators
- Our best friends
- Your amazing brain
- Are we still evolving?
- Amazing adaptations fact file
- Microorganisms / plants
- Fungi / invertebrates
- Fish
- Amphibians / reptiles
- Birds
- Mammals.
