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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...
2) A new history of life: the radical new discoveries about the origins and evolution of life on earth
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
391 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"The history of life on Earth is, in some form or another, known to us all-- or so we think. [This book] offers a provocative new account, based on the latest scientific research, of how modern lifeforms evolved"--Amazon.com.
Author
Series
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
55 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 23 x 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
When Arnold wishes he had more information for his family tree, Ms. Frizzle revs up the Magic School Bus and the class zooms back to prehistoric times. First stop: 3.5 billion years ago! There aren't any people around to ask for directions. Luckily Ms. Frizzle has a plan, and the class is right there to watch simple cells become sponges and then fish and dinosaurs, then mammals and early primates and, eventually, modern humans. It's the longest class...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Description
Succinct prose and high-detail artwork trace the evolution of life on Earth, from the survival of microbes for billions of years on an ocean-covered planet through the Cambrian Explosion, the emergence of reptiles and the rise of mammals.
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