中文名: DK目击者丛书:进化(英文原版)原名: DK Eyewitness Books : Evolution
作者: 图书
发行时间: 2000年01月
内容简介:
Featuring an extra-sturdy library binding!
The theory of evolution changed our understanding of the natural world -- and
Eyewitness Evolution is the perfect way to learn more about it! Discover what life
was like millions of years ago; how new species develop; and learn why pandas
have false thumbs and penguins stand upright. Superb full-color photographs of
animals, plants and fossils make this book a compelling look at evolution.
目录:
Contents
Creation stories
Fossils and fairy tales
Victim of the flood
Jean-Baptiste de Lamarch
Extinct animals
A series of catastrophes
Dinosaur frenzy
Charles Darwin
Livingevidence
Animal and plant drbution
Fossil evidence
How old is Earth?
Artificial selection
Variation and inheritance
The struggle for existence
Natural selection
Understanding adaptation
How ne speces are formed
Living intermediates
Fossil intermediates
Jumps and gaps
Ladders and branches
Gregor Medel
Solving the DNA puzzle
The molecular evidence
The origin of life
Science and belief
Histoy of life
Up to the present
Classifying life
Discoveries in Evolution
Find out more
Glossary
Index