Friday, February 4, 2011

Evolution comic

Forwarded msg from Matt Powell. I read & enjoyed the excerpts.

Folks,

A colleague and friend of mine has published a comic book that might be of interest to paleontologists. The book--"Evolution: The Story of Life on Earth" by Hosler, Cannon, and Cannon--has quite a bit of illustrated Earth history and macroevolution. It has been getting great reviews and for a while was the #2-selling book about evolution on Amazon. I've read it and it's very high quality. (No, I'm not getting a kick-back for the endorsement....)

A few example chapters are online:

Chapter 1: The Slow Simmer of Life: The First 4 Billion Years http://www.tor.com/stories/2011/01/preview-evolution-the-story-of-life-on-earth

Chapter 3: E is for Extinction
http://ncse.com/news/2010/12/evolution-story-life-earth-006379

Chapter 6: Getting a Leg up on Evolution http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=evolution-the-story-of-life-on-earth


Matt Powell

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