Evolution : The Story of Life on Earth (Hardcover)

from Devil_llama

A quick and easy, graphic novel treatment of the theory of evolution. It is relatively thorough, but the cartoon treatment limits it somewhat. The book presents the basics of the theory, but is a bit light on the evidence presented. Overall, it is a great starting point for people who don't want ...

from mrgan

Beautifully illustrated and nicely written. It's not "amazing" since it doesn't really use the comic book format to explain things much better than an illustrated text would; the framing device (aliens studying human life) is largely unhelpful. I felt like I learned a lot more from Hosler's 'Sand...

from HadleyAdkins

I was skeptical of this book at first, but actually really enjoyed it. It proved very informative and covered a lot of information in an easily understood way; certain parts even made me laugh. "Evolution..." explains, in comic book form, how life evolved on earth from the very beginning of time ...

from shookrl

Squinch and his father take a look back at the history of evolution by visiting different time periods and learning how adaptation and evolution works. We get introduced to major characters in the theories of evolution such as Darwin and find out just what it takes to create a new adaptation. Thi...

from sguzick

On the planet Gargal, Bloort, a scientist and servant of the king, invites King Floorsh and Prince Floorsh to see a hologram presentation he created about his research on the history of life on Earth. Bloort then begins to weave a tale that teaches the fascinated young prince about the evolution ...