xv, 336 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
regular print
Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Old Horseshoes -- 2.The Search for the Velvet Worm -- 3.Slimy Mounds -- 4.Life in Hot Water -- 5.An Inveterate Bunch -- 6.Greenery -- 7.Of Fishes and Hellbenders -- 8.Heat in the Blood -- 9.Islands, Ice -- 10.Survivors Against the Odds
Summary
An awe-inspiring journey through the eons and across the globe, in search of visible traces of evolution in the living creatures which have survived from earlier times and whose stories speak to us of seminal events in the history of life
Notes
Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-321) and index