Thread of life : the Smithsonian looks at evolution /

Lewin, Roger.

Thread of life : the Smithsonian looks at evolution / by Roger Lewin. - 1st ed. - Washington, D.C. : New York, N.Y. : Smithsonian Books ; Distributed by Norton, c1982. - 256 p., [1] folded leaf of plates : color ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes index.

Introduction -- I. Diversity, continuity, and change : Time and the rocks -- Darwin and the origin -- The force and shape of evolution -- Shifting continents -- II. Beginnings in the sea : Life emerges from the soup -- A submarine explosion of forms -- Up from the sea -- III. The land and the air : The day of the dinosaur -- Life on the wing -- The mammals' world -- IV. In our time : The birth of humankind -- Beyond biology.

Charts the course of evolution and traces advances that have been made in the field.

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Evolution (Biology)

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