Text about and photography of experiments, animals, plants, bones, and fossils reveal the ideas and discoveries that have changed our understanding of the natural world and how life began.

Relates the evolution of the family of mankind, from single cells in the sea to human beings with "big brains that wonder who we are."

Provides an overview of the origin and evolution of life on earth and of what has been learned from the study of evolution.

"An illustrated exploration of the evolution of Earth's plants and animals."--

An exciting and dramatic story about how life began and developed on Planet Earth. "The authors explain how the first living cell was created, and how the cells multiply and create jellyfish and worms, and then fish with bendy necks, which drag themselves out of the water into swampy forests. They tell the story of the biggest creatures that have ever walked on land-- the dinosaurs. Long after that, hairy creatures who have babies, not eggs, take...

"This compelling text examines evolution, its definition, and the scientific evidence that evolution has taken place. Readers explore the concepts of natural selection, Darwin's Origin of Species, genetics and evolution, population genetics, patterns in evolution and species concepts, the story of life and geological time, and human evolution. Easy-to-follow narratives offer students additional biological information in sidebars, such as "Closeup"...

This well conceived book traces the voyage of Darwin on the Beagle, using zoological plates from his work, a colorful map, a genealogical table, and facsimile documents.

Introduces the concept of biological evolution, explaining how minute changes over time lead to speciation, in a book that includes twenty-five science projects that illustrate key concepts.

Publisher Annotation: From the author of kid-favorite Do Not Lick This Book comes an innovative, hilarious, and expansive picture book about the biggest question of all: What is life? It's not an easy question. Life is more than just one thing. Where did it start? Peer back in time - way back in time - to the story of how life began.

"This humorous informational picture book about the history of the universe answers some of the biggest questions humans have ever asked - like how the universe began and where we came from. Young readers will learn all about the Big Bang theory, how our solar system and planet were formed, how life began in the oceans and moved to land, what happened to the dinosaurs and how humans evolved from apes to explore, build communities all over the world...and...