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Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
44 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 27 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In the style of WHEN BUGS WERE BIG and WHEN FISH GOT FEET this book discusses all the exciting developments of the Triassic Age, from the split of Pangaea into Gondwanaland and Laurasia, to the first appearance of the dinosaurs. There were pterosaurs (flying reptiles), the first flowering plants, humongous sea creatures, early turtles, and the first coral reefs. Early mammals also appeared in the Triassic, and there were several dramatic extinction...
4) Evolution
Author
Publisher
Kids Can Press
Pub. Date
[2010]
Physical Desc
56 pages : color illustrations ; 29 cm
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Annick Press
Pub. Date
[2008]
Physical Desc
93 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map, portraits ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
In this well-illustrated book, six modern animals are compared to their ancient ancestors to answer questions like: Why did they change? What was their world like? How do scientists make such connections?
Author
Series
Publisher
Hungry Tomato
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
31 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
Travel back in time 4,500 million years to the Precambrian period, when our planet first formed. Witness the appearance of the very first organisms in the Devonian, Carboniferous, and Permian periods. Watch new forms of life emerge as warm seas allow fish to thrive and plants blossom to give food and shelter to flying and scurrying insects.
10) The Scopes trial
Author
Publisher
Children's Press
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
A description of the historic 1925 trial in which a Tennessee high school biology teacher was accused of violating state law by teaching Darwin's theory of evolution.
Author
Publisher
Rb Flash Point
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
vii, 135 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows Charles Darwin on his journey aboard the HMS Beagle and presents the thinking that led him to the theory of evolution and the writing of The origin of the species. Includes historical photographs and passages from Darwin's personal diary.
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