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It’s your Planet, but not as you know it...
Step back in time to discover how crocodiles were once warm-blooded and how snakes had legs and burrowed underground. Meet terrifying giant birds and tiny elephants living on islands. From the moment life crawled out of the oceans and onto land, to when our primate ancestors climbed down from the trees, the history of Planet Earth is filled with fascinating stories.
What is Evolution?
Imagine a volcano growing on the ocean floor and erupting through the water’s surface. The lava cools, forming a new island. A flock of birds have been blown off course in their migration, and they stop to rest on the new island. The only food available is the shrimp that wash up on the shore. Only a few of the birds have a taste for these shrimp. The rest of the flock either dies or flies away to look for food elsewhere.
Nature' Big Experiment
Something strange happened about 540 million years ago. Hard shells suddenly evolved. This might not sound all that impressive, but it had a big impact. Before this, animal life consisted of soft squishy things, built like little pillows, with flexible outer coverings and squashy organs inside. Hardly anything was fossilized. Now, with hard shells, things could be preserved as fossils, and from this point onward we have a clear idea of how life evolved.
When Crocodiles Ruled The World
The cold-blooded crocodile lies in the mud, camouflaged as a log. For long periods it is motionless, saving its energy. Then an unsuspecting antelope comes close to the water‘s edge. Suddenly, with a vast burst of energy, the crocodile leaps out of the water, seizes the antelope, and drags it beneath the surface
Bird Parts, Bit By Bit
The features that make birds recognizable as birds did not all appear at once. Neither did they appear specifically to allow birds to fly. Each feature—feathers, a lightweight beak, loss of a heavy tail, and so on—developed time and time again in different dinosaurs. Eventually, a combination of these led to the flying creatures that we know today.
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Almost like new! I love it!I'm a biologist and bought it for myself but I would recommend it for kids of any age, except if they rip paper, because they will easily destroy this book!
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Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2023
Reviewed in the United States on August 17, 2023
Almost like new! I love it!
I'm a biologist and bought it for myself but I would recommend it for kids of any age, except if they rip paper, because they will easily destroy this book!
I'm a biologist and bought it for myself but I would recommend it for kids of any age, except if they rip paper, because they will easily destroy this book!
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Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2022
Lots of beautiful pictures and descriptions of prehistoric animals. This book doesn't talk about dinosaurs very much at all, which is okay because there are thousands of dino books. It's not a picture book you can sit down and read in one sitting, better to break it up into sections. I can't wait to read the others in this series.
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Reviewed in the United States on October 28, 2019
Reviewed in the United States on April 28, 2019
I bought this to add into our homeschool curriculum. My 8 year old saw me open the package and promptly disappeared into the couch with this book. He read it cover to cover. It was great! I look forward to adding it into our lessons.
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Incredibly interesting. For kids and adults alike.
Reviewed in Spain on March 29, 2023
