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  35 southern carmine bee-eater, Africa

  36 Dolichocebus, 30 m.y.a.

  37 toothed wrack, Atlantic Ocean

  38 bear beetle, California

  39 ostrich, Africa

  40 tube sponge, oceans worldwide

  41 hawksbill turtle, oceans worldwide

  42 bowhead whale, arctic oceans

  43 marbled chiton, Atlantic Ocean

  44 plankton, oceans worldwide

  45 tarantula, worldwide

  46 common mold, worldwide

  47 Thalacines, extinct 1934

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  For further reading

  Burnie, David, and Don E. Wilson, eds. Animal. London: Dorling Kindersley, 2001.

  A large encyclopedia of the animal kingdom produced with the Smithsonian Institution. Includes detailed information accompanying thousands of photos or photo-realistic illustrations.

  Evolution of Life.

  Alexandria, Va.: Time-Life, 1992.

  An illustrated look at the subject in a question and answer format. The book asks and answers specific questions from major periods of life’s development.

  Gamlin, Linda. Eyewitness Books: Evolution. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1993.

  A visual exploration of the subject.

  Garassino, Alessandro. Life: Origins and Evolution. Austin, Tex.: Steck-Vaughn, 1995.

  An overview of the origins and development of life, with many illustrations.

  Lindsay, William. The Great Dinosaur Atlas. London: Dorling Kindersley, 1991.

  An illustrated, large-format guide to dinosaurs.

  Webster, Stephen. The Kingfisher Book of Evolution. New York: Kingfisher, 2000.

  An illustrated guide to evolution and the history of life on earth.

  Bibliography

  Berra, Tim. Evolution and the Myth of Creationism. Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1990.

  Eldredge, Niles. The Pattern of Evolution. New York: W. H. Freeman, 2000.

  Eldredge, Niles. The Triumph of Evolution and the Failure of Creationism. New York: W. H. Freeman, 2000.

  Gould, Stephen, ed. The Book of Life. New York: W. W. Norton, 2001.

  Jones, Steve. Darwin’s Ghost. New York: Random House, 1999.

  Osterbrock, Donald, and Peter Raven, eds.

  Origins and Extinctions.

  Westford, Conn.: Murray Printing Co., 1988.

  Weiner, Jonathan. The Beak of the Finch. New York: Knopf, 1994.

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  For Jamie

  Text copyright © 2002 by Steve Jenkins

  All rights reserved. For information about permission to

  reproduce selections from this book, write to Permissions,

  Houghton Mifflin Company, 215 Park Avenue South,

  New York, New York 10003.

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  The text is set in Century Schoolbook and Frutiger Bold.

  The illustrations are collages of cut and torn paper.

  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Jenkins, Steve, 1952—

  Life on earth : the story of evolution / written and illustrated

  by Steve Jenkins,

  p.cm.

  Summary: Provides an overview of the origin and

  evolution of life on earth and of what has been learned

  from the study of evolution.

  ISBN 0-618-16476-6 (hardcover)

  1. Evolution (Biology)—Juvenile literature. [1. Evolution

  (Biology)] I. Title.

  QH367.1 .J46 2002 576.8—dc21 2002000472

  Printed in Singapore

  TWP 10 9 8

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