This series explains how the diversity of life on Earth has developed over millions of years, through a combination of gradual change and dramatic events. It covers topics such as genetic variation and mutation, the role of environmental change both gradual and catastrophic, competition for resources, the distribution of organisms, the extinction of species, geological and fossil evidence, comparative anatomy, theories of evolution, and scientists at work today.

 

This book is part of a book series called Timeline-Life On Earth .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 280 pages in this book. This book was published 2009 by Capstone Global Library Ltd .

Michael Bright is a best-selling author and award-winning radio and television producer, who has worked with the BBC's world-renowned Natural History Unit.