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written by Anna Brett ; illustrated by Nick Hayes.

63 pages :

colour illustrations, maps.
Contents: Who was Charles Darwin -- Ideas of the time -- Voyages of discovery -- Darwin's great idea -- Variation within a species -- Unconscious selection -- The struggle for existence -- Natural selection in action -- The struggle with population growth -- Adapting to survive -- The struggle with the environment -- Darwin's finches -- Island life -- Instinct -- Ecological niche -- Species modifications -- Classification of living things -- Evolution over time -- Sexual selection -- Unusual variations - Challenges of the theory: finding an explanation -- Challenges of the theory: transitional forms -- The imperfect geological record -- Challenges of the theory: a perfect and complex world -- What we know now: genetics -- What we know now: the common ancestor -- What we know now: a changing planet -- What we know now: Earth's age.
Discover how Darwin changed our understanding of the human race -- and our place within the animal kingdom -- forever with his groundbreaking work, On the origin of species. This book charts Darwin's life-changing voyage on the Beagle, and introduces his theory of evolution to apprentice naturalists everwhere.

Words that changed the world.