ID | 010261 |
Call Number | 551/KEL |
Title Proper | Evolving planet: four billion years of life on earth |
Language | ENG |
Author | Kelly, Erica ; Kissel, Richard |
Publication | New York, Abrams books for young readers, 2008. |
Description | 136p Red and Blue Spine |
Note | Provides an overview of the vast history of life on Earth, revealing how, over time, new life-forms evolve from earlier ones. |
Note | Welcome to a world of water - The Cambrian and Ordovician periods, 543-443 million years ago Explore a world of fins, limbs, and land plants - The Silurian and Devonian periods, 443-354 million years ago Step into a warm world of swampy forests and spectacular sharks - The Carboniderous period, 354-290 million years ago Sail backs and supercontinents - The Permian period, 290-248 million years ago Reptiles rule - The Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, 248-65 million years ago Mammals inherit the earth - The Tertiary period, 65-1.8 million years ago The human story begins An age of ice - The Quaternary period, 1.8- million-10,000 years ago Back home on our evolving planet Pronunciation key Glossary
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Standard Number | 9780810994867 |
Price. Qualification | $19.95(Hb) |
Classification Number | 551 |
Key Words | Animals ; Evolution ; Human evolution ; Animals - Evolution ; Field Museum of Natural History - Exhibitions ; Earth - Exhibitions ; Global Perspectives - IGCSE |