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Evolution: A Visual Record
Stunning images to reawaken us to the scientific process that drives the amazing diversity of life on earth
Evidence of evolution is everywhere. Through 200 revelatory images, award-winning photographer Robert Clark makes one of the most important foundations of science clear and exciting to everyone. Evolution: A Visual Record transports readers from the near-mystical(human ancestors) to the historic (the famous 'finches' Darwin collected on the Galapagos Islands that spurred his theory); the recently understood (the link between dinosaurs and modern birds) to the simply astonishing.
Evidence of evolution is everywhere. Through 200 revelatory images, award-winning photographer Robert Clark makes one of the most important foundations of science clear and exciting to everyone. Evolution: A Visual Record transports readers from the near-mystical(human ancestors) to the historic (the famous 'finches' Darwin collected on the Galapagos Islands that spurred his theory); the recently understood (the link between dinosaurs and modern birds) to the simply astonishing.
240 pages, Hardcover
Published October 3, 2016
About the author
Robert Clark
7 books1 followerRobert Clark is a longtime contract photographer for National Geographic.
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Librarian note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.
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Displaying 1 - 8 of 8 reviews
July 2, 2017
A beautiful book. Most of the classic and some lesser known examples of the evidence for the evolution of life on Earth.
December 10, 2017
Beautiful, though not quite as insightful as expected
August 31, 2018
Gorgeous photos.
There are frequent references to the glory of specific animals, always misattributed.
Not a record of evolution. It just points out unique aspects of each animal and says:
"Look what evolved" or "this is natural selection". There's postulation about the ancestors of animals, but even then often they're not sure and there is no kind of record.
It attempts to demonstrate natural selection, which isn't disputed (though it sets that up early as a straw man suggesting people believe animals have been unaltered since the flood).
No record of macroevolution is given.
Sometimes it shows the opposite: e.g. the genes are there but natural selection caused prosperity amongst cave fish with smaller eyes and then no eyes, rather than any information growth.
There are frequent references to the glory of specific animals, always misattributed.
Not a record of evolution. It just points out unique aspects of each animal and says:
"Look what evolved" or "this is natural selection". There's postulation about the ancestors of animals, but even then often they're not sure and there is no kind of record.
It attempts to demonstrate natural selection, which isn't disputed (though it sets that up early as a straw man suggesting people believe animals have been unaltered since the flood).
No record of macroevolution is given.
Sometimes it shows the opposite: e.g. the genes are there but natural selection caused prosperity amongst cave fish with smaller eyes and then no eyes, rather than any information growth.
November 28, 2025
This was referenced in a book I read recently. In What You Are Looking For Is in the Library, a manga artist finds renewed inspiration in the images. I was telling my son about it and got it to show him, since he is also an artist who loves to draw manga. I didn't read any of the text, but there are some beautiful photos of animals.
April 24, 2026
It's hard to be aware of how many unique species are really out there when humans have reduced animal populations to the tiny fraction we have today.
I liked the biographical introduction with Darwin. Wild to think that's the world we lived in only 200 years ago. Wild to think we are still killing the earth even now.
I liked the biographical introduction with Darwin. Wild to think that's the world we lived in only 200 years ago. Wild to think we are still killing the earth even now.
July 11, 2018
Great, quick read- amazing amazing photos
November 19, 2018
The perfect coffee table book for any science lover. The photography is outstanding.
December 19, 2020
Beautiful pictures with great descriptions. Good, casual introduction into the phenomenon of evolution.
Awesome coffee table book, wish I could keep this library copy I found.
Awesome coffee table book, wish I could keep this library copy I found.
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