evolution

An introduction to the evolution of plants from their simple beginnings 3,000 million years ago.

Examines the union of human and machine at the dawn of the twenty-first century, explaining how the knowledge and skills of the human brain can be combined with the greater capacity, speed, and knowledge-sharing ability of machines to create beings that have the potential to be more productive and intelligent than humans.

Examines the evolution of plant species from their beginnings as marine plants through their colonization of dry land.

Explores information that has been learned through the research of astrochemists and space exploration, discussing chemical composition of planets, the formation of heavy elements, star classification, and other related topics.

Provides an account of the evolution of large cats, such as lions, tigers, cougars, and cheetahs, by linking the evidence of modern feline behavior with the fossil record, and features illustrations that provide side-by-side comparisons of extinct species with their descendants.

Describes the early cooperative relationships between Ice Age humans and dogs as well as human society's later efforts to domesticate and control dog species through reproduction, revealing how dogs and humans impacted eath other's evolution.

Discusses the origin of life, prokaryotes, eukaryotes, the cell cycle, genes, multicellular creatures, and neurons, and presents overviews of related topics, including light microscopy, histology and histochemistry, and recombinant DNA technology.

The author, a paleontologist and professor of anatomy, follows the path of evolution by linking the organs of the human body with the physical attributes of non-human ancestors.