Evolution: The Story of LifeEvolution 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. At the heart of the book is an astonishing, beautifully detailed panorama by renowned illustrator Peter Barrett that, in 100 double-page site reconstructions, offers a freeze-frame view of the communities--from microbes to humankind--that have lived on our planet's continents and in its oceans. These groundbreaking artworks, based on the most recent findings at some of the most famous fossil sites around the world, are paired with an authoritative and highly informative text written for a wide audience of readers. A landmark project, published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Charles Darwin's birth and the 150th anniversary of his book On the Origin of Species, Evolution has been produced in association with the Natural History Museum in London, one of the most important centers of evolution research in the world.The volume includes an index of the hundreds of species shown in the illustrations, introductory articles on evolution, and many other features, making it a must-have reference for all homes, schools, and libraries. |
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... ARTHROPODS NON HEXAPOD ARTHROPODS 123,000 ARTHROPODS HEXAPOD ( INSECTS ) 925,000 - As this chart of known present- day species demonstrates ( left ) , much of life's variety is concentrated in a few groups of organisms notably arthropods ...
... ARTHROPODS NON HEXAPOD ARTHROPODS 123,000 ARTHROPODS HEXAPOD ( INSECTS ) 925,000 - As this chart of known present- day species demonstrates ( left ) , much of life's variety is concentrated in a few groups of organisms notably arthropods ...
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... arthropods were also well established in the community , with crustaceans , chelicerates , the world's oldest mites ... arthropods were also present . 359.2 Common organisms : early vascular plants , small arthropods. 70 CAMBRIAN SILURIAN ...
... arthropods were also well established in the community , with crustaceans , chelicerates , the world's oldest mites ... arthropods were also present . 359.2 Common organisms : early vascular plants , small arthropods. 70 CAMBRIAN SILURIAN ...
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... ARTHROPODA ( ARTHROPODS ) Early Cambrian - Extant SEE ALSO Chelicerata , Trilobita , Crustacea , Uniramia ( including Hexapoda ) This most diverse and successful group of all animals has well over a million living species ( mostly ...
... ARTHROPODA ( ARTHROPODS ) Early Cambrian - Extant SEE ALSO Chelicerata , Trilobita , Crustacea , Uniramia ( including Hexapoda ) This most diverse and successful group of all animals has well over a million living species ( mostly ...
Contents
FOREWORD | 8 |
INTRODUCTION 10 WHAT IS EVOLUTION? | 10 |
PUTTING LIFE IN ORDER | 12 |
Copyright | |
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Actinopterygii adapted Afrotheria ancestor Angiospermae animals aquatic Archosauria archosaurs arthropods Australia Basin Biota bipedal birds body bones bony Boreoeutheria Carboniferous carnivorous cave characterized Chelicerata Chondrichthyes Climate Common organisms Coniferopsida cynodonts Deposits developed Devonian diapsid dinosaurs diverse Early Cretaceous Earth Ediacara Eocene Epoch Euarchontoglires evolution evolutionary evolved excavated Extant fish forms fossil record extends Fossil site today freshwater FURTHER READING Gymnospermopsida Hexapoda hominid Homo Ice Age insects known lake Late Cretaceous Late Triassic Latitude Laurasiatheria Lepidosauria limbs limestone Lissamphibia living species Mammalia mammals marine Marsupialia marsupials Mesozoic million years ago modern Mollusca muds Museum Neognathae Original environment Ornithischia Paleocene paleontologists Permian placental mammals plant-eating plants predators preserved primitive quarries range record extends back reptiles Reptilia river Sarcopterygii Saurischia Sauropodomorpha Sea level sediments shells skeletons skull soft tissues SPECIES LIST strata structure surviving synapsids tail teeth Temnospondyli terrestrial tetrapods Theropoda trilobites tropical vertebrates WEBSITES