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Check out our extensive list of books and materials about evolution. They’re great resources for teachers or families looking to learn more about dinosaurs, Darwin, evolution science, and more.

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For Families and Kids

DK Eyewitness Books. 2004. Dinosaur. Dorling Kindersley, New York, NY.

Gamlin, Linda. 2000. Eyewitness Evolution. Dorling Kindersley, New York, NY.

Jackson, Ellen. 1993. The Tree of Life: The Wonders of Evolution. Prometheus Books, Amherst, NY.

Jenkins, Steve. 2002. Life on Earth: The Story of Evolution. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, NY.

Lawson, Kristan. 2003. Darwin and Evolution for Kids: Life and Ideas with 21 Activities. Chicago Review Press, Chicago, IL.

Lindsay, William. 2000. Eyewitness Prehistoric Life. Dorling Kindersley, New York, NY.

McNulty, Faith. 1999. How Whales Walked into the Sea. Scholastic Press, New York, NY.

Osborne, Mary Pope, and Natalie Pope Boyce. 2005. Sabertooths and the Ice Age. Stepping Stone Books, New York, NY.

Parsons, Jayne. 2001. Dinosaur Encyclopedia. Dorling Kinderlsey, New York, NY.

Peters, Lisa Westberg and Lauren Stringer. 2003. Our Family Tree: An Evolution Story. Harcourt Inc., Orlando, FL.

Sis, Peter. 2003. The Tree of Life: Charles Darwin. South China Printing Company, Ltd., Beijing, China.

Sloan, Christopher, Leakey, Meave and Louise Leakey. 2004. The Human Story: Our Evolution from Prehistoric Ancestors to Today. National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.

Stein, Sara. 1986. The Evolution Book. Houghton Mifflin Co., New York, NY.

Zihlman, Adreinne. 2000. The Human Evolution Coloring Book. Harper Collins Publishers Inc., New York, NY.

Zimmerman, Howard. 2001. Beyond the Dinosaurs: Sky Dragons, Sea Monsters, Mega-mammals and Other Prehistoric Beasts. Antheneum Press, New York, NY.

Zimmerman, Howard. 2000. Dinosaurs: The Biggest, Baddest, Strangest and Fastest. Antheneum Press, New York, NY.

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For Teachers

Alters, Brian J., and Sandra M. Alters. 2003. Defending Evolution: A Guide to the Creation/Evolution Controversy. Jones and Bartlett, Boston, MA.

Chaisson, Eric J. 2005. The Epic of Evolution: Seven Ages of the Cosmos. Columbia University Press, New York, NY.

Bowler, Peter J. 2003. Evolution: The History of an Idea. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Eldridge, Niles. 1998. The Pattern of Evolution. W.H. Freeman & Company, New York, NY.

Futuyma, Douglas J. 1995. Science on Trial: The Case for Evolution. 2nd edition. Sinauer Associates, Sunderland, MA.

Kelley, Patricia H., Jonathan R. Bryan, and Thor A. Hansen, editors. 1999. The Evolution Creation Controversy II: Perspectives on Science, Religion, and Geological Education. The Paleontological Society Papers, volume 5, The Paleontological Society.

Marks, Jonathan. 2002. What it Means to be 98% Chimpanzee: Apes, People, and Their Genes. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.

Mayer, Ernst. 2001. What Evolution Is. Basic Books, New York, NY.

Miller, James B. 2004. The Epic of Evolution: Science and Religion in Dialogue. Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ.

National Academy of Sciences. 1999. Science and Creationism. A View from the National Academy of Sciences. Second Edition. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.

National Academy of Sciences. 1998. Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science. National Academy Press, Washington, DC.

Park, Robert L. 2000. Voodoo Science: The Road from Foolishness to Fraud. Oxford University Press, New York, NY.

Pennock, Robert T. 1999. Tower of Babel: The Evidence Against the New Creationism. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA.

Pojeta, John, Jr., and Dale Springer. 2001. Evolution and the Fossil Record. American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA.

Sagan, Carl. 1996. The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark. Ballantine Books, New York, NY.

Scotchmoor, J., Breithaupt, B., Springer, D. and A. Fiorillo. 2002. Dinosaurs: The Science behind the Stories. American Geological Institute, Alexandria, VA.

Scott, Eugenie C. 2004. Evolution vs. Creationism: An Introduction. University of California Press, Berkeley, CA.


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